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FLASH GENE
Symbol CALR3 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 10-12-2013
HGNC name calreticulin 3
HGNC id 20407
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) CMH19
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral     --over  
in cancer tissues (particularly melanoma)(Hayashi 2007)
Susceptibility to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Chiu 2007)
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
reproductioncontraception 
manipulation of the testis-specific CLGN/CALR3 ER quality control system could be exploited to develop novel therapeutic approaches for contraception
reproductionfertility 
manipulation of the testis-specific CLGN/CALR3 ER quality control system could be exploited to develop novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of male infertility
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • murine Calr3(-/-) males produced apparently normal sperm but were infertile because of defective sperm migration from the uterus into the oviduct and defective binding to the zona pellucida