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KERA
keratocan

The human orthologue of this gene is associated
with the following human disease:

Cornea plana congenita, recessive

Gene

Official Symbol	KERA
Official Full Name	keratocan
CGNC ID	48995
also known as	keratocan\|KTN\|keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratocan
gene type	protein-coding

Genomic Map

	Ensembl
	NCBI
	UCSC
	Gallus-Browse

Sequence Information

Genomic
RNA	NM_204176
Polypeptide	NP_989507
Sequence Clusters/ESTs	Unigene

Gene Expression

In Situ Hybridization	GEISHA
EST Profile	Gga.4837

Orthology

	Entrez Gene	Ensembl Gene	Genetic Phenotypes	MOD
Fruit Fly
Human	11081	ENSG00000139330	MIM:217300	MIM:603288
Mouse	16545	ENSMUSG00000019932	All phenotypic alleles (4):Targeted, knock-out(2) Targeted, other(2)	MGI:1202398
Xenopus	100486796			1012701
Zebrafish	567017		ZDB-GENE-041210-165	ZFIN:ZDB-GENE-041210-165

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Biological Process	cornea development in camera-type eye
Cellular Component	proteinaceous extracellular matrix

Links to other databases

Entrez Gene	373995
Ensembl Gene	ENSGALG00000011270
KEGG	gga:373995

Entry 1

GEISHA Id	KERA.Conrad.2009	Data Source	Publication
Complete cDNA Template Probe	show CATTCTGTGTGGACTCGAACTGTGAGACAAGTTTATAATGAGCTGGATCCTGAGCATTGGTCTCACTACACTTTTGAGT GTCCACAAGAGTGTTTTTGCCCTCCTAGTTTCCCCAATGCATTATACTGTGATAACAAAGGACTTAAAGAAATACCTGC AATCCCAGCAAGAATTTGGTACCTCTATCTTCAAAACAACCTGATTGAAACAATTTCAGAGAAGCCTTTTGTTAATGCC ACTCATTTGAGATGGATAAATCTGAACAAGAATAAAATCACCAACAATGGAATTGAGAGTGGTGTGCTCAGCAAGCTGA AAAGGCTGTTGTACTTATTCCTTGAAGATAATGAGTTGGAAGAGGTGCCAGCTCCATTACCGGTGGGCTTGGAACAGCT AAGGCTGGCTAGAAACAAAATCTCCAGAATCCCAGAAGGAGTCTTCAGCAATTTGGAAAATCTCACTATGTTAGATCTG CACCAGAATAATTTGTTGGACAGCGCTCTTCAAAGTGACACCTTCCAAGGACTCAACAGTCTTATGCAACTCAACATAG CGAAAAATTCCCTCAAAAAGATGCCTTTAAGCATTCCAGCTAACACACTGCAGCTGTTTTTAGACAACAACTCCATTGA AGTCATACCAGAAAACTACTTCAGTGCAATACCCAAAGTGACTTTCCTTAGGCTGAACTACAATAAATTATCTGATGAT GGCATTCCCCCAAATGGGTTTAATGTTTCATCTATTCTAGACCTACAGCTGTCTCATAACCAGCTCACTAAAATTCCAC CGATCAATGCTCATCTCGAGCACCTTCACCTTGATCACA
Citation	Conrad AH, Albrecht M, Pettit-Scott M, Conrad GW. Embryonic corneal Schwann cells express some Schwann cell marker mRNAs, but no mature Schwann cell marker proteins.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Sep;50(9):4173-84. Epub 2009 Apr 22.
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Comments	The probe for KERA was amplified by PCR using the following primers: forward primer: 5;-AGTCCATTCTGTGTGGACTCG reverse primer: 5;-TGTGATCAAGGTGAAGGTGC

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31-40

stage 40

Eye

Entry 2

GEISHA Id	KERA.Chakravarti.2006	Data Source	Publication
Complete cDNA Template Probe	show AGTCCATTCTGTGTGGACTCGAACTGTGAGACAAGTTTATAATGAGCTGGATCCTGAGCATTGGTCTCACTACACTTTT GAGTGTCCACAAGAGTGTTTTTGCCCTCCTAGTTTCCCCAATGCATTATACTGTGATAACAAAGGACTTAAAGAAATAC CTGCAATCCCAGCAAGAATTTGGTACCTCTATCTTCAAAACAACCTGATTGAAACAATTTCAGAGAAGCCTTTTGTTAA TGCCACTCATTTGAGATGGATAAATCTGAACAAGAATAAAATCACCAACAATGGAATTGAGAGTGGTGTGCTCAGCAAG CTGAAAAGGCTGTTGTACTTATTCCTTGAAGATAATGAGTTGGAAGAGGTGCCAGCTCCATTACCGGTGGGCTTGGAAC AGCTAAGGCTGGCTAGAAACAAAATCTCCAGAATCCCAGAAGGAGTCTTCAGCAATTTGGAAAATCTCACTATGTTAGA TCTGCACCAGAATAATTTGTTGGACAGCGCTCTTCAAAGTGACACCTTCCAAGGACTCAACAGTCTTATGCAACTCAAC ATAGCGAAAAATTCCCTCAAAAAGATGCCTTTAAGCATTCCAGCTAACACACTGCAGCTGTTTTTAGACAACAACTCCA TTGAAGTCATACCAGAAAACTACTTCAGTGCAATACCCAAAGTGACTTTCCTTAGGCTGAACTACAATAAATTATCTGA TGATGGCATTCCCCCAAATGGGTTTAATGTTTCATCTATTCTAGACCTACAGCTGTCTCATAACCAGCTCACTAAAATT CCACCGATCAATGCTCATCTCGAGCACCTTCACCTTGATCACA
Citation	Chakravarti S. Focus on molecules: keratocan (KERA). Exp Eye Res. 2006 Feb;82(2):183-4.
Copyright	Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd.
Comments	The complete cDNA template sequence was obtained from the information from the publication as described in Chakravarti et al. 2006.