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Myc Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Myc
  • Name
    myelocytomatosis oncogene
  • Synonyms
    bHLHe39, c-myc, Myc2, Niard, Nird
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:97250
    NCBI Gene: 17869
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    22 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr15:61857240-61862223 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 15, 26.19 cM, cytoband D2-D3
  • Mapping Data
    62 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    146 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • PCR
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_97250
protein coding gene Chr15:61857190-61862223 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0021890
protein coding gene Chr15:61322402-61329671 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0021849
protein coding gene Chr15:58924253-58929729 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0021831
protein coding gene Chr15:60570722-60576766 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0021856
protein coding gene Chr15:59115176-59121561 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0021630
protein coding gene Chr15:60690555-60696279 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0022295
protein coding gene Chr15:63628035-63634726 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0019833
protein coding gene Chr15:56006532-56011549 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0021148
protein coding gene Chr15:61348962-61353977 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0021599
protein coding gene Chr15:65902634-65910822 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0021723
protein coding gene Chr15:58789607-58794889 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0021702
protein coding gene Chr15:57840594-57845579 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0021794
protein coding gene Chr15:61217450-61222509 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0021725
protein coding gene Chr15:70853292-70858309 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0022318
protein coding gene Chr15:60946801-60952650 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0020893
protein coding gene Chr15:58861598-58866677 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0020731
protein coding gene Chr15:60740324-60745309 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0021204
protein coding gene Chr15:60981351-60986384 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    MYC, MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    MYC, MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor
  • Synonyms
    bHLHe39, c-Myc, MRTL, MYCC
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 4609
    neXtProt AC: NX_P01106
    UniProt: P01106

  • Chr Location
    8q24.21; chr8:127735434-127742951 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    5 with Myc mouse models; 9 with human MYC associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
View 7 models
IDs
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IDs
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IDs
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IDs
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IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    18 with disease annotations
  • References
    22 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    199 phenotypes from 42 alleles in 39 genetic backgrounds
    140 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    2 images
    773 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Mutations affect growth and development of heart, pericardium, neural tube, vasculogenesis and erythropoeisis. Homozygous null mutants die by embryonic day 10.5. Heterozygotes have reduced body size and multiorgan hypoplasia; females have small litters.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000022346 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 4984 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000022971 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 2338 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000022971 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 454 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 184
      Genomic 46
      cDNA 88
      Primer pair 26
      Other 24

      Microarray probesets 3
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-12736, MGI:2146128
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 1554
      Developmental Gene Expression 271
      Diseases 22
      Gene Ontology 50
      Phenotypes 773
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:352274 Boufaied N, et al., Obesogenic High-Fat Diet and MYC Cooperate to Promote Lactate Accumulation and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 4;84(11):1834-1855

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    Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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    last database update
    10/22/2024
    MGI 6.24
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