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Gene

BCL6

BCL6 transcription repressor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q27.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 187,721,381–187,745,468 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 24.1 kb
Protein
706 amino acids
Also known as
ZBTB27, LAZ3, BCL5, BCL6A
Previous symbols
ZNF51
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000406870.7NM_001706.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How BCL6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where BCL6 sits. BCL6 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 187,233,425 to 188,233,424.Chromosome 33q27.3p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29187.4 Mb187.6 Mb187.8 Mb188 Mb188.2 MbMASP1: 187,216,086–187,292,278, reverse strandMASP1RTP4: 187,368,368–187,372,076, forward strandRTP4SST: 187,668,856–187,670,401, reverse strandSSTRTP2: 187,698,259–187,702,656, reverse strandRTP2BCL6: 187,721,381–187,745,468, reverse strandBCL6LPP: 188,152,974–188,890,671, forward strandLPPDiagram of BCL6: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 10: 187,721,381–187,722,601, 1,221 basesExon 9: 187,724,941–187,725,078, 138 basesExon 8: 187,725,499–187,725,629, 131 basesExon 7: 187,726,731–187,726,898, 168 basesExon 6: 187,728,360–187,728,544, 185 basesExon 5: 187,729,050–187,730,021, 972 basesExon 4: 187,731,709–187,731,930, 222 basesExon 3: 187,733,533–187,733,703, 171 basesExon 2: 187,734,869–187,734,907, 39 basesExon 1: 187,745,410–187,745,468, 59 bases109876543215′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 3.3 kb of the gene's 24.1 kb; 2,121 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). BCL6 gene: BCL6 transcription repressor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bcl6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BCL6 gene: BCL6 transcription repressor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bcl6

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