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Mexis Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Mexis
  • Name
    macrophage expressed LXRa(NR1H3)-dependent amplifier of Abca1 transcription lncRNA
  • Synonyms
    AI427809, LOC381524
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr4:53261356-53270232 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 4, 28.60 cM
  • Mapping Data
    2 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    435 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2140270
lncRNA gene Chr4:53261354-53339840 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200003384
lncRNA gene Chr4:49328659-49337535 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195006553
lncRNA gene Chr4:49748526-49757400 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220002912
lncRNA gene Chr4:49500380-49509258 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180031062
lncRNA gene Chr4:49335845-49344723 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175021175
lncRNA gene Chr4:49486949-49495823 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215025105
lncRNA gene Chr4:49314587-49323463 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0005843
lincRNA gene Chr4:46865474-46874346 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005039114
lncRNA gene Chr4:49585118-49593904 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210019667
lncRNA gene Chr4:49227024-49235900 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185034105
lncRNA gene Chr4:49575594-49584470 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205023022
lncRNA gene Chr4:48839996-48848874 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000038783
lncRNA gene Chr4:49773170-49781967 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230005200
lncRNA gene Chr4:53131151-53140027 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190026060
lncRNA gene Chr4:49411851-49420729 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225003282
lncRNA gene Chr4:57727366-57736236 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010012716
lncRNA gene Chr4:48700405-48709199 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010010046
lncRNA gene Chr4:49869101-49877837 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005004543
lncRNA gene Chr4:49191961-49200839 (-)



Homology
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    4 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    1 phenotype reference
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygous knockout affects macrophage cholesterol metabolism and increases atherosclerosis susceptibility in mice fed Western diet.
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
  • cDNA Data
Sequences &
Gene Models
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  • All Sequences
  • RefSeq
  • UniProt
Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 381524 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 8877 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NR_033140 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2123 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q3TAG4 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 104 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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  • UniProt
    1 Sequence
Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 9
    cDNA 9

    Microarray probesets 1
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:2686505, MGI:6402049
References
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  • Summaries
    All 15
    Phenotypes 1
  • Earliest
    J:99680 The FANTOM Consortium and RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group and Genome Science Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome. Science. 2005;309(5740):1559-1563
  • Latest
    J:264834 Sallam T, et al., Transcriptional regulation of macrophage cholesterol efflux and atherogenesis by a long noncoding RNA. Nat Med. 2018 Mar;24(3):304-312

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last database update
09/15/2026
MGI 6.29
The Jackson Laboratory