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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
KCNJ1 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 1   Kir1.1, ROMK1 11q24 BC063109 NM_000220
KCNJ2 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 2   Kir2.1, IRK1 17q24.3 AF011904 NM_000891
KCNJ3 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 3   Kir3.1, GIRK1, KGA 2q24.1 U50964 NM_002239
KCNJ4 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 4   Kir2.3, HIR, HRK1, hIRK2, IRK3 22q13.1 U07364 NM_004981
KCNJ5 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 5   Kir3.4, CIR, KATP1, GIRK4 11q24 D50134 NM_000890
KCNJ6 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 6 KCNJ7 Kir3.2, GIRK2, KATP2, BIR1, hiGIRK2 21q22.1 U24660 NM_002240
KCNJ8 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 8   Kir6.1 12p12.1 BC000544 NM_004982
KCNJ9 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 9   Kir3.3, GIRK3 1q23.2 U52152 NM_004983
KCNJ10 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 10   Kir4.1, Kir1.2 1q23.2 U52155 NM_002241
KCNJ11 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11   Kir6.2, BIR 11p15.1 D50582 NM_000525
KCNJ12 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 12 KCNJN1 Kir2.2, Kir2.2v, IRK2, hIRK1 17p11.1 L36069 NM_021012
KCNJ13 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 13   Kir7.1, Kir1.4 2q37 AJ006128 NM_002242
KCNJ14 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 14   Kir2.4, IRK4 19q13 BC042033 NM_013348
KCNJ15 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 15   Kir4.2, Kir1.3, IRKK 21q22.2 Y10745 NM_002243
KCNJ16 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16   Kir5.1, BIR9 17q24.3 AF153815 NM_018658
KIR2DL1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 1   cl-42, nkat1, 47.11, p58.1, CD158A 19q13.4 L41267  
KIR2DL2 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 2   cl-43, nkat6, CD158B1, CD158k 19q13.4 L76669  
KIR2DL3 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 3   cl-6, nkat2, nkat2a, nkat2b, p58, CD158B2 19q13.4 L41268  
KIR2DL4 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 4   103AS, 15.212, CD158D 19q13.4 X97229  
KIR2DL5A killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 5A   KIR2DL5.1, KIR2DL5, CD158F 19q13.4 AF217485 NM_020535
KIR2DL5B killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 5B   KIR2DL5.2, KIR2DL5, KIR2DL5.3, KIR2DL5.4 19q13.4 AF217486 NM_001018081
KIR2DP1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, pseudogene 1   KIRZ, KIRY, KIR15, KIR2DL6 19q13.4 AF204908  
KIR2DS1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 1   EB6ActI, EB6ActII, CD158H 19q13.4 X89892  
KIR2DS2 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 2   cl-49, nkat5, 183ActI, CD158J 19q13.4 L76667  
KIR2DS3 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 3   nkat7 19q13.4 L76670  
KIR2DS4 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 4   cl-39, KKA3, nkat8, CD158i 19q13.4 L76671  
KIR2DS5 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 5   nkat9, CD158G 19q13.4 L76672  
KIR3DL1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 1 KIR cl-2, NKB1, cl-11, nkat3, NKB1B, AMB11, CD158e1/2, CD158e1, CD158e2 19q13.4 L41269 NM_013289
KIR3DL2 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 2   cl-5, nkat4, nkat4a, nkat4b, CD158K 19q13.4 L41270  
KIR3DL3 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 3   KIRC1, KIR3DL7, KIR44, CD158z 19q13.4 AF352324 NM_153443
KIR3DP1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, pseudogene 1   KIRX, KIR48, KIR2DS6, KIR3DS2P, CD158C 19q13.4 AF204919 NM_001015070
KIR3DS1 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 1   nkat10 19q13.4 L76661 NM_001083539

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