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Gene

DBX2

developing brain homeobox 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 45,014,672–45,051,099 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 36.4 kb
Protein
339 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ16139
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000332700.6NM_001004329.3
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 DBX2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How DBX2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where DBX2 sits. DBX2 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 44,532,886 to 45,532,885.Chromosome 1212q12p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3344.6 Mb44.8 Mb45 Mb45.2 Mb45.4 MbNELL2: 44,507,419–44,921,889, reverse strandNELL2DBX2: 45,014,672–45,051,099, reverse strandDBX2ANO6: 45,215,987–45,482,280, forward strandANO6Diagram of DBX2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 4: 45,014,672–45,016,618, 1,947 basesExon 3: 45,023,707–45,023,894, 188 basesExon 2: 45,036,019–45,036,114, 96 basesExon 1: 45,050,525–45,051,099, 575 bases43215′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 2.8 kb of the gene's 36.4 kb; 1,020 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.). DBX2 gene: developing brain homeobox 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/dbx2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DBX2 gene: developing brain homeobox 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/dbx2

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