MSH2 gene homepage

General information
Gene symbol MSH2
Gene name mutS homolog 2
Chromosome 2
Chromosomal band p21-p16.3
Imprinted Unknown
Genomic reference LRG_218
Transcript reference NM_000251.2, NM_001258281.1
Associated with diseases HNPCC1, MMRCS, MRTES
Citation reference(s) -
Curators (1) Despoina Kalfakakou
Total number of public variants reported 367
Unique public DNA variants reported 108
Individuals with public variants 367
Hidden variants 0
Date created May 20, 2020
Date last updated February 22, 2021
Version MSH2:210222

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NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
HGNC 7325
Entrez Gene 4436
PubMed articles MSH2
OMIM - Gene 609309
OMIM - Diseases HNPCC1 (Colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 1)
MMRCS (Mismatch repair cancer syndrome)
MRTES (Muir-Torre syndrome)


Active transcripts


ID     

Chr     

Name     

NCBI ID     

NCBI Protein ID     

DescendingVariants     
00000129 2 colon cancer, nonpolyposis type 1 (E. coli), transcript variant 1 NM_000251.2 NP_000242.1 367
00000130 2 colon cancer, nonpolyposis type 1 (E. coli), transcript variant 2 NM_001258281.1 NP_001245210.1 366


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