XB-FEAT-876700
il18
This is the community wiki page for the gene il18 please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.
nomenclature changes
12SEPT2023 Xenopus gene name has changed from interleukin 18 to interleukin 18 gene 1, after the discovery/annotation of a second, duplicated il18 gene in the X. laevis S subgenome, which will be called il18.2, interleukin 18 gene 2.
Xenopus gene symbol il18.1 will be added as a synonym to this XB-genepage.
synteny pattern
X. tropicalis v10 chr7: LOC108648189> LOC105945173< il18< tex12> urpta1> bcol2l> sfxn4<
X. laevis v10 chr7L: timm8b.L< sdhd.L> LOC108696496> LOC121395552> il18.L< tex12.L< urpta1.L> bcol2l.L>
X. laevis v10 Chr7S: timm8b.S< sdhd.S> LOC108697611 (il18.2.S)< LOC108697612 (il18.1.S)< urpta1.S>