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FLASH GENE

Symbol

SLC7A2

contributors: mct/npt/pgu - updated : 31-10-2013

HGNC name	solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system), member 2
HGNC id	11060

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

corresponding disease(s)

Susceptibility

Variant & Polymorphism SNP	a single-nucleotide variation in the first intron of the SLC7A2 gene (IVS1-1713 A > G) associated to infantile encephalopathy with severe infantile anorexia

Candidate gene

Marker

Therapy target

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

Cat2(-/-) mice are significantly more susceptible to the Th1-inducing pathogen Toxoplasma gondii