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Rtl8a Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Rtl8a
  • Name
    retrotransposon Gag like 8A
  • Synonyms
    1110012O05Rik, Cxx1a, Mar8.2A/B, Mart8b
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1913408
    NCBI Gene: 66158
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    2 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    ChrX:52644455-52645649 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome X, 29.87 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    96 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    6
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1913408
protein coding gene ChrX:52644455-52645730 (-)
129S1/SvImJ no annotation
A/J no annotation
AKR/J no annotation
BALB/cJ no annotation
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175039119
protein coding gene ChrX:40076421-40077615 (-)
C57BL/6NJ no annotation
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0033076
protein coding gene ChrX:46200774-46201980 (-)
CAST/EiJ no annotation
CBA/J no annotation
DBA/2J no annotation
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205028846
protein coding gene ChrX:35632219-35633413 (-)
JF1/MsJ no annotation
LP/J ENSMUSG00230027875
protein coding gene ChrX:54577944-54579176 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ no annotation
NZO/HlLtJ no annotation
PWK/PhJ no annotation
SPRET/EiJ no annotation
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005046693
protein coding gene ChrX:37549051-37550245 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    RTL8A, retrotransposon Gag like 8A
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    RTL8A, retrotransposon Gag like 8A
  • Synonyms
    CXX1b, FAM127B, MAR8A, SIRH6
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 26071
    UniProt: Q9BWD3

  • Chr Location
    Xq26.3; chrX:135050932-135052196 (-)  GRCh38

  • Human Ortholog
    RTL8B, retrotransposon Gag like 8B
  • Synonyms
    CXX1c, FAM127C, MAR8B, SIRH4
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 441518
    UniProt: Q17RB0

  • Chr Location
    Xq26.3; chrX:135020513-135022542 (-)  GRCh38

  • Human Ortholog
    RTL8C, retrotransposon Gag like 8C
  • Synonyms
    CXX1, FAM127A, Mar8, MAR8C, Mart8, MART8C, SIRH5
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 8933
    UniProt: A6ZKI3

  • Chr Location
    Xq26.3; chrX:135032355-135033546 (+)  GRCh38

Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype reference
Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000067925 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 1195 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000088779 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1195 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000086158 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 113 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 4
    cDNA 4

    Microarray probesets 2
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:5906153
References
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  • Summaries
    All 19
    Developmental Gene Expression 2
    Phenotypes 1
  • Earliest
    J:65060 Kawai J, et al., Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection. Nature. 2001 Feb 8;409(6821):685-90
  • Latest
    J:336757 Mohan HM, et al., RTL8 promotes nuclear localization of UBQLN2 to subnuclear compartments associated with protein quality control. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2022 Mar 5;79(3):176

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
09/15/2026
MGI 6.29
The Jackson Laboratory