MEIKIN Gene

Name meiotic kinetochore factor
Description Predicted to be involved in meiotic chromosome segregation and meiotic sister chromatid cohesion. Predicted to be located in kinetochore. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Proteins MEIKN_HUMAN
NCBI Gene ID 728637
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Predicted Functions View MEIKIN's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View MEIKIN's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View MEIKIN's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

MEIKIN has 1,108 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 23 datasets.

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If available, associations are ranked by standardized value

Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of MEIKIN gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with MEIKIN gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 transcription factors binding the promoter of MEIKIN gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of MEIKIN gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components containing MEIKIN protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with MEIKIN protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with MEIKIN 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 MEIKIN gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations dataset.
DisGeNET Gene-Phenotype Associations phenotypes associated with MEIKIN gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Phenoptype Associations dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 biological processes involving MEIKIN gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving MEIKIN gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 cellular components containing MEIKIN protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 cellular components containing MEIKIN protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of MEIKIN gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of MEIKIN gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of MEIKIN gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of MEIKIN gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 phenotypes of transgenic mice caused by MEIKIN gene mutations from the MGI Mouse Phenotype Associations 2023 dataset.
NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box Gene Expression Profiles drug perturbations changing expression of MEIKIN gene from the NIBR DRUG-seq U2OS MoA Box dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of MEIKIN gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of MEIKIN gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of MEIKIN gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with MEIKIN protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.