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Gene

MS4A8

membrane spanning 4-domains A8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 60,699,612–60,715,807 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 16.2 kb
Protein
250 amino acids
Also known as
MS4A4, CD20L5
Previous symbols
MS4A8B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000300226.7NM_031457.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MS4A8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MS4A8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where MS4A8 sits. MS4A8 and 23 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 60,207,710 to 61,207,709.Chromosome 1111q12.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2560.4 Mb60.6 Mb60.8 Mb61 Mb61.2 MbMS4A4A: 60,185,657–60,318,311, forward strandMS4A4AMS4A4E: 60,200,270–60,243,162, reverse strandMS4A4EMS4A6E: 60,327,251–60,396,596, forward strandMS4A6EMS4A7: 60,363,737–60,395,954, forward strandMS4A7MS4A14: 60,378,530–60,417,756, forward strandMS4A14MS4A5: 60,429,572–60,455,214, forward strandMS4A5MS4A1: 60,455,752–60,470,752, forward strandMS4A1MS4A12: 60,492,696–60,507,535, forward strandMS4A12MS4A13: 60,515,392–60,542,721, forward strandMS4A13MS4A8: 60,699,612–60,715,807, forward strandMS4A8MS4A18: 60,724,720–60,745,028, forward strandMS4A18MS4A15: 60,756,863–60,776,733, forward strandMS4A15MS4A10: 60,785,333–60,801,305, forward strandMS4A10CCDC86: 60,841,981–60,851,095, forward strandCCDC86PTGDR2: 60,850,933–60,855,987, reverse strandPTGDR2ZP1: 60,867,542–60,875,693, forward strandZP1PRPF19: 60,890,547–60,906,607, reverse strandPRPF19TMEM109: 60,912,521–60,923,443, forward strandTMEM109TMEM132A: 60,924,453–60,937,159, forward strandTMEM132ASLC15A3: 60,937,060–60,952,653, reverse strandSLC15A3CD6: 60,971,651–61,020,377, forward strandCD6CD5: 61,102,466–61,127,952, forward strandCD5VPS37C: 61,111,002–61,167,355, reverse strandVPS37CPGA3: 61,203,307–61,213,098, forward strandPGA3Diagram of MS4A8: 7 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 60,699,612–60,699,775, 164 basesExon 2: 60,700,860–60,701,079, 220 basesExon 3: 60,703,378–60,703,500, 123 basesExon 4: 60,706,988–60,707,047, 60 basesExon 5: 60,708,650–60,708,781, 132 basesExon 6: 60,715,021–60,715,134, 114 basesExon 7: 60,715,310–60,715,807, 498 bases12345675′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.3 kb of the gene's 16.2 kb; 753 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MS4A8 gene: membrane spanning 4-domains A8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ms4a8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MS4A8 gene: membrane spanning 4-domains A8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ms4a8

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