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Gene

FSTL4

follistatin like 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q31.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 133,196,455–133,612,541 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 416.1 kb
Protein
842 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1061
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000265342.12NM_015082.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How FSTL4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where FSTL4 sits. FSTL4 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 132,780,368 to 134,028,628.Chromosome 55q31.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3132.8 Mb133 Mb133.2 Mb133.4 Mb133.6 Mb133.8 Mb134 MbSEPTIN8: 132,750,138–132,807,241, reverse strandSOWAHA: 132,813,302–132,816,786, forward strandSOWAHASHROOM1: 132,821,271–132,830,924, reverse strandGDF9: 132,861,181–132,866,884, reverse strandGDF9UQCRQ: 132,866,623–132,868,847, forward strandUQCRQLEAP2: 132,873,444–132,899,343, forward strandLEAP2AFF4: 132,875,395–132,963,931, reverse strandAFF4ZCCHC10: 132,996,985–133,026,604, reverse strandZCCHC10HSPA4: 133,051,942–133,106,449, forward strandHSPA4FSTL4: 133,196,455–133,612,541, reverse strandFSTL4C5orf15: 133,955,498–133,968,674, reverse strandC5orf15VDAC1: 133,971,871–134,005,360, reverse strandVDAC1Diagram of FSTL4: 16 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 16: 133,196,455–133,199,797, 3,343 basesExon 15: 133,201,933–133,202,042, 110 basesExon 14: 133,210,191–133,210,298, 108 basesExon 13: 133,217,229–133,217,378, 150 basesExon 12: 133,220,748–133,220,866, 119 basesExon 11: 133,224,190–133,224,216, 27 basesExon 10: 133,225,150–133,225,284, 135 basesExon 9: 133,225,658–133,225,819, 162 basesExon 8: 133,233,417–133,233,537, 121 basesExon 7: 133,249,410–133,249,576, 167 basesExon 6: 133,312,654–133,312,777, 124 basesExon 5: 133,316,459–133,316,652, 194 basesExon 4: 133,400,738–133,400,986, 249 basesExon 3: 133,567,186–133,567,219, 34 basesExon 2: 133,603,858–133,603,993, 136 basesExon 1: 133,612,325–133,612,541, 217 bases161015′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 5.4 kb of the gene's 416.1 kb; 2,529 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.). FSTL4 gene: follistatin like 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/fstl4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. FSTL4 gene: follistatin like 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/fstl4

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