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Gene

ASCL4

achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q23.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 107,774,704–107,776,644 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.9 kb
Protein
172 amino acids
Also known as
HASH4, bHLHa44
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000342331.5NM_203436.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ASCL4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ASCL4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where ASCL4 sits. ASCL4 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 107,275,674 to 108,275,673.Chromosome 1212q23.3p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.33107.4 Mb107.6 Mb107.8 Mb108 Mb108.2 MbABTB3: 107,318,421–107,659,642, forward strandABTB3PWP1: 107,685,760–107,713,462, forward strandPWP1PRDM4: 107,732,867–107,761,327, reverse strandPRDM4ASCL4: 107,774,704–107,776,644, forward strandASCL4WSCD2: 108,129,128–108,250,537, forward strandWSCD2Diagram of ASCL4: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 107,774,704–107,776,644, 1,941 bases15′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.9 kb of the gene's 1.9 kb; 519 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ASCL4 gene: achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ascl4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ASCL4 gene: achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ascl4

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