Biological functions of melanoma-associated antigens

Table 1 The MAGE family genes

Subtype	Gene	Access	Expression	Length of
	name	number	status	amino acids
MAGE-A	MAGE-A1	JC2358[27-29]	T	280
	MAGE-A2	AAH13098[30]	T	314
	MAGE-A3	AAH00340[30]	T	314
	MAGE-A4	BAA06841[31]	T	317
	MAGE-A5	NP_064402[32]	T	320
	MAGE-A6	AAA68875[5]	T	314
	MAGE-A7	NP_064677[33]	P	80
	MAGE-A8	AAH02455[30]	T	318
	MAGE-A9	P43362[5]	T	315
	MAGE-A10	AAA68869[5]	T	369
	MAGE-A11	P43364[5]	T	319
	MAGE-A12	AAF44789[34]	T	314
	MAGE-A13	U71148	P	-
	MAGE-A14	NT_011534.1	P	-
	MAGE-A15	NT_025309.1	P	-
MAGE-B	MAGE-B1	AAC23616[35]	T	347
	MAGE-B2	AAC23617[35]	T	319
	MAGE-B3	AAC23618[35]	T	346
	MAGE-B4	AAC23619[35]	T	346
	MAGE-B5	Q9BZ81[36]	T	111
	MAGE-B6	Q8N7X4[37]	T	407
	MAGE-B7	AC005297.1	P	-
	MAGE-B8	AC005297.1	P	-
	MAGE-B9	AC005297.1	P	-
	MAGE-B10	AC011693.5	T	348
	MAGE-B11	AC011693.5	P	-
	MAGE-B12	AC011693.5	P	-
	MAGE-B13	AC011693.5	P	-
	MAGE-B14	NT_025279.3	P	-
	MAGE-B15	NT_011752.1	P	-
	MAGE-B16	NT_025279.3	T	320
	MAGE-B17	NT_011766.3	T	203
MAGE-C	MAGE-C1	NP_005453[38-40]	T	1142
	MAGE-C2	NP_057333[41-42]	T	373
	MAGE-C3	AAK00358[36]	T	346
	MAGE-C4	AL023279.1	T	115
	MAGE-C5	NT_025337.2	P	-
	MAGE-C6	NT_025337.2	P	-
	MAGE-C7	NT_025337.2	P	-
MAGE-D	MAGE-D1	AAG09704[25,43]	N	778
	MAGE-D2	CAB10841[44-46]	N	606
	MAGE-D3	Q12816[47,48]	N	1387
	MAGE-D4	Q96JG8[49-52]	N	741
MAGE-E	MAGE-E1	Q96JG8[49-52]	N	741
	MAGE-E2	-	N	-
	MAGE-E3	NP_032879[53-55]	N	424
MAGE-F	MAGE-F1	NP_071432[56]	N	307
MAGE-G	MAGE-G1	AAG38607[57]	N	100
MAGE-H	MAGE-H1	AAG38608[58]	N	219
MAGE-I	MAGE-I1	NT_011638.3	P	-
	MAGE-I2	NT_011638.3	P	-
MAGE-J	MAGE-J1	NT_011577	P	-
MAGE-K	MAGE-K1	Z81311	P	-
MAGE-L2	MAGE-L2	NP_061939[59,60]	N	529
Necdin	Necdin	XM_007686[61-65]	N	321
Restin	Restin (Apr-1)	NP_054780[66-70]	N	219

T: Only expressed in tumor cells or germ cells. P: Pseudogene; N: Expressed in normal cells. -: Unknown.