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IGKC
Identifiers
Aliases	IGKC, HCAK1, IGKCD, Km, immunoglobulin kappa constant
External IDs	OMIM: 147200; GeneCards: IGKC; OMA:IGKC - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (human)
End	88,857,683 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	rectum; ; cecum; ; appendix; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; epithelium of nasopharynx; ; trachea; ; pylorus; ; spleen; ; duodenum; ; jejunal mucosa;
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	More reference expression data
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Orthologs
	3514
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	ENSG00000211592
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Immunoglobulin kappa constant, also known as IGKC, is a human gene that encodes the constant domain of kappa-type light chains for antibodies.^[3] It is found on chromosome 2, in humans, within the Immunoglobulin kappa locus, IGK@.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000211592 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Entrez Gene: IGKC immunoglobulin kappa constant".

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000211592 – Ensembl, May 2017

[2] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[entrez-3] "Entrez Gene: IGKC immunoglobulin kappa constant".

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