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Gene

BSX

brain specific homeobox

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 122,977,570–122,981,834 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 4.3 kb
Protein
233 amino acids
Also known as
BSX1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000343035.3NM_001098169.2
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 BSX yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BSX is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where BSX sits. BSX and 6 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 122,479,702 to 123,479,701.Chromosome 1111q24.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25122.6 Mb122.8 Mb123 Mb123.2 Mb123.4 MbUBASH3B: 122,655,722–122,814,473, forward strandUBASH3BCRTAM: 122,829,482–122,872,643, forward strandCRTAMJHY: 122,882,683–122,963,865, forward strandJHYBSX: 122,977,570–122,981,834, reverse strandBSXHSPA8: 123,057,485–123,063,230, reverse strandHSPA8CLMP: 123,069,625–123,196,697, reverse strandCLMPGRAMD1B: 123,358,251–123,627,774, forward strandGRAMD1BDiagram of BSX: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 3: 122,977,570–122,977,891, 322 basesExon 2: 122,979,261–122,979,457, 197 basesExon 1: 122,981,410–122,981,834, 425 bases3215′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 0.9 kb of the gene's 4.3 kb; 702 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.). BSX gene: brain specific homeobox. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bsx

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BSX gene: brain specific homeobox [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bsx

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