NCIt synonyms : High Mobility Group Protein 2 Gene; HMG2 Gene; High-Mobility Group Box 2 wt Allele; Nonhistone Chromosomal Protein HMG2 Gene; HMG-2 Gene; High Mobility Group Box 2 Gene; High-Mobility Group (Nonhistone Chromosomal) Protein 2 Gene;
NCIt definition : Human HMGB2 wild-type allele is located within 4q31 and is approximately 3 kb in length.
This allele, which encodes high mobility group protein B2, plays a role in the replication,
repair and recombination of DNA.;
NCIt note : Autoantibodies to high mobility group protein B2, the product of the HMGB2 gene, have
been detected in serum of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.;