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Facts about B melanoma antigen 2.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | BAGE2 |
| Uniprot: | Q86Y30 |
| Entrez: | 85319 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| BAGE family |

B melanoma antigen 2
Mass (kDA):
12.114 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 21p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 21; NC_000021.9 (10413532..10491615) |
Not expressed in normal tissues except in testis. Expressed in 22% of melanomas, in bladder and lung carcinomas.
Secreted.


PMID: 12461691 by Ruault M., et al. New BAGE (B melanoma antigen) genes mapping to the juxtacentromeric regions of human chromosomes 13 and 21 have a cancer/testis expression profile.
PMID: 12676563 by Ruault M., et al. BAGE genes generated by juxtacentromeric reshuffling in the hominidae lineage are under selective pressure.