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Gene

FOXB1

forkhead box B1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 60,004,311–60,007,444 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.1 kb
Protein
325 amino acids
Also known as
HFKH-5, FKH5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000396057.6NM_012182.3
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 FOXB1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How FOXB1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where FOXB1 sits. FOXB1 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 59,505,878 to 60,505,877.Chromosome 1515q22.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.359.6 Mb59.8 Mb60 Mb60.2 Mb60.4 MbFAM81A: 59,372,679–59,523,694, forward strandFAM81AGCNT3: 59,555,943–59,658,700, forward strandGCNT3GTF2A2: 59,638,058–59,657,541, reverse strandGTF2A2BNIP2: 59,659,146–59,689,487, reverse strandBNIP2FOXB1: 60,004,311–60,007,444, forward strandFOXB1ANXA2: 60,347,134–60,402,883, reverse strandANXA2ICE2: 60,419,608–60,479,160, reverse strandICE2RORA: 60,488,284–61,229,302, reverse strandRORADiagram of FOXB1: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 15Exon 1: 60,004,311–60,004,643, 333 basesExon 2: 60,004,907–60,007,444, 2,538 bases125′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 2.9 kb of the gene's 3.1 kb; 978 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.). FOXB1 gene: forkhead box B1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxb1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FOXB1 gene: forkhead box B1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/foxb1

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