Gene
BST2
bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2
- HGNC 1119↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000130303↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 684↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 19p13.11
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 19: 17,402,939–17,405,630 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 5 exons across 2.7 kb
- Protein
- 180 amino acids
- Also known as
- CD317, tetherin, BST-2, HM1.24
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000252593.7NM_004335.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How BST2 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 kb of the gene's 2.7 kb; 543 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). BST2 gene: bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bst2
Dante Labs. BST2 gene: bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bst2
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