MSH2 wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human MSH2 wild-type allele is located within 2p22-p21 and is approximately 80 kb in length. This allele, which encodes DNA mismatch repair protein Msh2, is involved in the repair of post-replication insertion-deletion looped DNA mismatches.

**Synonyms:** - COCA1 - FCC1 - HNPCC - HNPCC1 - LCFS2 - MutS (E. Coli) Homolog 2 (Colon Cancer, Nonpolyposis Type 1) Gene - MutS Homolog 2 wt Allele - MutS Homolog 2, Colon Cancer, Nonpolyposis Type 1 (E. coli) Gene - MutS Homolog 2, Colon Cancer, Nonpolyposis Type 1 Gene - MutS, E. coli, Homolog of, 2 Gene