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a2m.2
This is the Xenopus community wiki page for the a2m.2 genes. Please add here any information relevant to these genes that is not captured elsewhere on Xenbase.=nomenclature updates=
10JULY20025
Based on DIOPT orthology analysis, NCBI's characterization and synteny, this gene name has been updated from LOC100489060 to a2m.2, alpha-2-macroglobulin gene 2 based on an apparent duplication upstream of a2m on X. tropicalis chromosome 7.
Note that the next adjacent gene/loci, LOC100488897, which may be a2m.3 in Xtrop., is currently called 'ovostatin', but has the same molecular function description as a2m and a2m.2.