XB-FEAT-29208828
il18.2
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gene nomenclature
12SEPT2023
Xenopus gene symbol and gene name was changed from "LOC108697611, interleukin-18"" to il18.2, interleukin 18 gene 2. as this is a 2nd presumed duplicatation of the il18 gene on the X.laevis S subgenome.
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>