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Gene

FGF7

fibroblast growth factor 7

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 49,423,242–49,488,775 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 65.5 kb
Protein
194 amino acids
Also known as
KGF
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000267843.9NM_002009.4
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 FGF7 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FGF7 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where FGF7 sits. FGF7 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 48,956,009 to 49,956,008.Chromosome 1515q21.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.349 Mb49.2 Mb49.4 Mb49.6 Mb49.8 MbSHC4: 48,823,741–48,963,925, reverse strandSHC4SECISBP2L: 48,988,476–49,046,568, reverse strandSECISBP2LCOPS2: 49,106,068–49,155,661, reverse strandCOPS2GALK2: 49,155,656–49,367,869, forward strandGALK2FAM227B: 49,326,962–49,620,956, reverse strandFAM227BFGF7: 49,423,242–49,488,775, forward strandFGF7DTWD1: 49,620,925–49,656,358, forward strandDTWD1ATP8B4: 49,858,238–50,182,947, reverse strandATP8B4Diagram of FGF7: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 15Exon 1: 49,423,242–49,423,440, 199 basesExon 2: 49,424,032–49,424,583, 552 basesExon 3: 49,483,151–49,483,254, 104 basesExon 4: 49,484,310–49,488,775, 4,466 bases145′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 5.3 kb of the gene's 65.5 kb; 585 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.). FGF7 gene: fibroblast growth factor 7. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fgf7

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FGF7 gene: fibroblast growth factor 7 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fgf7

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