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Gene

CD44

CD44 molecule (IN blood group)

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p13
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 35,139,171–35,232,402 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 93.2 kb
Protein
742 amino acids
Also known as
IN, MC56, Pgp1, PGP-1, CD44R, HCELL, CSPG8, Hermes-1, CDw44, HUTCH-1, HUTCH-I, ECM-III, H-CAM
Previous symbols
MIC4, MDU2, MDU3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000428726.8NM_000610.4
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 CD44 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CD44 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where CD44 sits. CD44 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 34,685,787 to 35,685,786.Chromosome 1111p13p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2534.8 Mb35 Mb35.2 Mb35.4 Mb35.6 MbAPIP: 34,853,094–34,916,520, reverse strandAPIPPDHX: 34,915,829–35,021,339, forward strandPDHXCD44: 35,139,171–35,232,402, forward strandCD44SLC1A2: 35,251,205–35,420,063, reverse strandSLC1A2PAMR1: 35,431,823–35,530,300, reverse strandPAMR1FJX1: 35,618,460–35,620,865, forward strandFJX1TRIM44: 35,662,406–35,818,007, forward strandTRIM44Diagram of CD44: 18 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 35,139,171–35,139,370, 200 basesExon 2: 35,176,575–35,176,740, 166 basesExon 3: 35,180,274–35,180,407, 134 basesExon 4: 35,186,832–35,186,900, 69 basesExon 5: 35,189,835–35,190,065, 231 basesExon 6: 35,196,746–35,196,874, 129 basesExon 7: 35,198,121–35,198,246, 126 basesExon 8: 35,201,082–35,201,195, 114 basesExon 9: 35,201,671–35,201,787, 117 basesExon 10: 35,204,512–35,204,640, 129 basesExon 11: 35,206,112–35,206,243, 132 basesExon 12: 35,208,105–35,208,206, 102 basesExon 13: 35,209,965–35,210,054, 90 basesExon 14: 35,211,246–35,211,449, 204 basesExon 15: 35,214,852–35,214,914, 63 basesExon 16: 35,219,316–35,219,387, 72 basesExon 17: 35,221,654–35,221,732, 79 basesExon 18: 35,229,129–35,232,402, 3,274 bases1246810121416185′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 5.4 kb of the gene's 93.2 kb; 2,229 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.). CD44 gene: CD44 molecule (IN blood group). Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd44

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CD44 gene: CD44 molecule (IN blood group) [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cd44

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