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Gene information for HOXC5 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID3222
Official gene symbolHOXC5
Full namehomeobox C5
Aliases,CP11,HOX3,HOX3D,
Gene summaryThis gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, which are located on different chromosomes and consist of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene, HOXC5, is one of several homeobox HOXC genes located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Three genes, HOXC5, HOXC4 and HOXC6, share a 5' non-coding exon. Transcripts may include the shared exon spliced to the gene-specific exons, or they may include only the gene-specific exons. Two alternatively spliced variants have been described for HOXC5. The transcript variant which includes the shared exon apparently doesn't encode a protein. The protein-coding transcript variant contains gene-specific exons only. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 12   Locus: 12q13.3
Gene position54410642 - 54429145  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size18504 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID142973