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Gene

FOS

Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 75,278,828–75,282,230 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 3.4 kb
Protein
380 amino acids
Also known as
c-fos, AP-1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000303562.9NM_005252.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How FOS is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where FOS sits. FOS and 16 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 74,780,529 to 75,780,528.Chromosome 1414q24.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3374.8 Mb75 Mb75.2 Mb75.4 Mb75.6 MbYLPM1: 74,763,289–74,859,435, forward strandYLPM1PROX2: 74,852,871–74,876,154, reverse strandPROX2DLST: 74,881,891–74,903,966, forward strandDLSTRPS6KL1: 74,903,951–74,923,308, reverse strandRPS6KL1PGF: 74,940,965–74,955,626, reverse strandPGFEIF2B2: 75,002,889–75,013,117, forward strandEIF2B2MLH3: 75,013,224–75,051,532, reverse strandMLH3ACYP1: 75,052,937–75,069,486, reverse strandACYP1ZC2HC1C: 75,064,109–75,119,502, forward strandZC2HC1CNEK9: 75,079,353–75,127,344, reverse strandNEK9TMED10: 75,131,106–75,176,652, reverse strandTMED10FOS: 75,278,828–75,282,230, forward strandFOSJDP2: 75,427,716–75,474,111, forward strandJDP2BATF: 75,522,455–75,546,993, forward strandBATFFLVCR2: 75,578,591–75,663,214, forward strandFLVCR2TTLL5: 75,633,625–75,955,084, forward strandTTLL5ERG28: 75,648,079–75,661,570, reverse strandERG28Diagram of FOS: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 14Exon 1: 75,278,828–75,279,123, 296 basesExon 2: 75,279,877–75,280,128, 252 basesExon 3: 75,280,560–75,280,667, 108 basesExon 4: 75,280,783–75,282,230, 1,448 bases12345′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 2.1 kb of the gene's 3.4 kb; 1,143 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). FOS gene: Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fos

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FOS gene: Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fos

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