CT47A2 Gene

Name cancer/testis antigen family 47, member A2
Description This locus represents a member of the cancer/testis gene family 47. This family, also known as CT47, is comprised of 13 nearly identical loci clustered at Xq24. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]
Summary
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Synonyms CT47.2
NCBI Gene ID 728090
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Predicted Functions View CT47A2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View CT47A2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
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Functional Associations

CT47A2 has 266 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 15 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of CT47A2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of CT47A2 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 transcription factors binding the promoter of CT47A2 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with CT47A2 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of CT47A2 gene relative to other cell lines from the COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with CT47A2 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations diseases associated with CT47A2 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations dataset.
GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures PubMedIDs of publications reporting gene signatures containing CT47A2 from the GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of CT47A2 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of CT47A2 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of CT47A2 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
TargetScan Predicted Nonconserved microRNA Targets microRNAs regulating expression of CT47A2 gene predicted using nonconserved miRNA seed sequences from the TargetScan Predicted Nonconserved microRNA Targets dataset.
TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors tissue samples with high or low expression of CT47A2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of CT47A2 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with CT47A2 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.