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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2015 Dec;34(4):593–609. doi: 10.1007/s10555-015-9549-1

Table 2.

Different human mucin homologues of mice and their genomic localization

Human mucins Type Chromosomal location in human Mouse homologue of human Chromosomal location in mice
MUC1 TM 1q21 Muc1 3F1
MUC2 Gel 11p15 Muc2 7F5
MUC3A TM 7q22 Muc3a 5G2
MUC3B TM 7q22
MUC4 TM 3q29 Muc4 16B3
MUC5AC Gel 11p15 Muc5ac 7F5
MUC5B Gel 11p15 Muc5b 7F5
MUC6 Gel 11p15.5–p15.4 Muc6 7F5
MUC7 Soluble 4q13–q21 Muc7 NP
MUC8 Gel 12q24.3 Muc8 NP
MUC10 NP NP Muc10 5qE1+
MUC11 TM 7q22 Muc11 NP
MUC12 TM 7q22 Muc12 NP
MUC13 TM 3q13.3 Muc13 16B3
MUC15 TM 11p14.3 Muc15 2E3
MUC16 TM 19p13.2 Muc16 9A3
MUC17 TM 7q22 Muc3a 5G2
MUC19 Gel 12q12 Muc19 15E3
MUC20 TM 3q29 Muc20 16B3
MUC21 TM 6p21 Muc21 17B1

TM transmembrane, NP not present

a

Muc3 is 46.4 and 59.6 % similar to human MUC3 and MUC17, respectively [29, 30]. Therefore, murine Muc3 is considered as true ortholog of human MUC17