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Gene

HOXC9

homeobox C9

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 54,000,161–54,003,337 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 3.2 kb
Protein
260 amino acids
Previous symbols
HOX3, HOX3B
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000303450.5NM_006897.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads HOXC9 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HOXC9 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where HOXC9 sits. HOXC9 and 25 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 53,501,749 to 54,501,748.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3353.6 Mb53.8 Mb54 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 MbTARBP2: 53,500,921–53,506,431, forward strandTARBP2NPFF: 53,506,684–53,507,491, reverse strandNPFFATF7-NPFF: 53,506,691–53,625,979, reverse strandATF7-NPFFATF7: 53,507,856–53,626,412, reverse strandATF7ATP5MC2: 53,626,515–53,678,658, reverse strandATP5MC2CALCOCO1: 53,708,517–53,727,745, reverse strandCALCOCO1HOXC13: 53,938,718–53,946,544, forward strandHOXC13HOXC12: 53,954,903–53,958,956, forward strandHOXC11: 53,973,126–53,977,643, forward strandHOXC10: 53,985,065–53,990,279, forward strand: 53,985,845–54,034,888, forward strandHOXC6: 53,990,624–54,030,823, forward strandHOXC6HOXC9: 54,000,161–54,003,337, forward strandHOXC9HOXC8: 54,008,911–54,012,769, forward strandHOXC8HOXC4: 54,015,897–54,056,030, forward strandHOXC5: 54,033,048–54,035,361, forward strandSMUG1: 54,121,277–54,189,008, reverse strandSMUG1CBX5: 54,230,942–54,280,141, reverse strandCBX5HNRNPA1: 54,280,193–54,287,088, forward strandHNRNPA1NFE2: 54,292,107–54,301,259, reverse strandNFE2COPZ1: 54,301,202–54,351,848, forward strandCOPZ1GPR84: 54,362,445–54,364,493, reverse strandGPR84ZNF385A: 54,369,129–54,391,338, reverse strandZNF385AITGA5: 54,395,261–54,419,515, reverse strandITGA5GTSF1: 54,455,950–54,473,602, reverse strandGTSF1NCKAP1L: 54,497,713–54,548,243, forward strandNCKAP1LDiagram of HOXC9: 2 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 54,000,161–54,000,726, 566 basesExon 2: 54,002,430–54,003,337, 908 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 1.5 kb of the gene's 3.2 kb; 783 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.). HOXC9 gene: homeobox C9. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxc9

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HOXC9 gene: homeobox C9 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hoxc9

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