CTAG1A

Sequence Similarities

Belongs to the CTAG/PCC1 family.

Tissue Specificity

Expressed in testis and ovary and in a wide variety of cancers. Detected in uterine myometrium. Expressed from 18 weeks until birth in human fetal testis. In the adult testis, is strongly expressed in spermatogonia and in primary spermatocytes, but not in post-meiotic cells or in testicular somatic cells (at protein level).

Cellular localization

• Cytoplasm

Alternative names

CTAG, CTAG1, ESO1, LAGE2, LAGE2A, CTAG1B, LAGE2B, CTAG1A, Cancer/testis antigen 1, Autoimmunogenic cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-1, Cancer/testis antigen 6.1, L antigen family member 2, CT6.1, LAGE-2

Database links

swissprot:P78358 entrezGene:246100 entrezGene:1485 omim:300156 omim:300657

Other research areas

• Oncology