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REC8

Gene

REC8 meiotic recombination protein

HGNCHGNC:16879EnsemblENSG00000100918NCBI Gene9985
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 14q12

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asREC8L1 · Rec8p · kleisin-alpha
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Previous symbolsREC8L1
Alias symbolsRec8p, kleisin-alpha
Previous namesREC8-like 1 (yeast), REC8 homolog (yeast)

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Stomach Neoplasms
Female infertility due to fertilization defect
Neoplasms

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Cohesin complexKleisins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.