CT1.3 antibody, HIP8 antibody, HYPD antibody, MAGE3 antibody, MAGEA6 antibody, Mage-a3 antibody, MAGEA3 antibody, MAGE family member A3 antibody, melanoma antigen, family A, 3 antibody, melanoma antigen family A, 3 antibody, MAGEA3 antibody, Magea3 antibody
Background
This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80 % sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita.