Gene
LHX8
LIM homeobox 8
- HGNC 28838↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000162624↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 431707↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1p31.1
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 75,134,388–75,161,533 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 9 exons across 27.1 kb
- Protein
- 346 amino acids
- Also known as
- Lhx7
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000356261.4NM_001256114.2
- Locus type
- Protein-coding
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
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How LHX8 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 2.3 kb of the gene's 27.1 kb; 1,041 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). LHX8 gene: LIM homeobox 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lhx8
Dante Labs. LHX8 gene: LIM homeobox 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lhx8
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