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Gene entry

MELK

maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase

Chromosome
9
Cytoband
9p13.2
Variants (rsID)
15

MELK is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 9 (region 9p13.2). Its official name is “maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase”. The reference table lists 15 variants (rsID) for this gene.

Other listed variants

Public references

Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.