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Gene

FOXA1

forkhead box A1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
14q21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 14: 37,589,552–37,595,249 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 5.7 kb
Protein
472 amino acids
Previous symbols
HNF3A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000250448.5NM_004496.5
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 FOXA1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FOXA1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 14, with a bracket where FOXA1 sits. FOXA1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 14, from 37,092,401 to 38,092,400.Chromosome 1414q21.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.11q32.12q32.13q32.2q32.31q32.32q32.3337.2 Mb37.4 Mb37.6 Mb37.8 Mb38 MbSLC25A21: 36,677,921–37,172,743, reverse strandSLC25A21MIPOL1: 37,197,881–37,580,252, forward strandMIPOL1FOXA1: 37,589,552–37,595,249, reverse strandFOXA1TTC6: 37,595,382–38,041,442, forward strandTTC6Diagram of FOXA1: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 14Exon 2: 37,589,552–37,592,711, 3,160 basesExon 1: 37,594,901–37,595,249, 349 bases215′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 3.5 kb of the gene's 5.7 kb; 1,419 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.). FOXA1 gene: forkhead box A1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxa1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FOXA1 gene: forkhead box A1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxa1

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