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Gene

NANOG

Nanog homeobox

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12p13.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 7,789,402–7,799,146 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 9.7 kb
Protein
305 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ12581, FLJ40451
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000229307.9NM_024865.4
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 NANOG yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NANOG is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where NANOG sits. NANOG and 17 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 7,294,274 to 8,294,273.Chromosome 1212p13.31p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.337.4 Mb7.6 Mb7.8 Mb8 Mb8.2 MbACSM4: 7,304,072–7,328,719, forward strandACSM4CD163L1: 7,346,685–7,479,897, reverse strandCD163L1CD163: 7,469,417–7,503,911, reverse strandCD163APOBEC1: 7,649,400–7,665,908, reverse strandAPOBEC1GDF3: 7,689,784–7,695,807, reverse strandGDF3DPPA3: 7,711,398–7,717,561, forward strandDPPA3CLEC4C: 7,724,646–7,751,620, reverse strandCLEC4CNANOGNB: 7,765,216–7,774,121, forward strandNANOGNBNANOG: 7,789,402–7,799,146, forward strandNANOGSLC2A14: 7,812,512–7,891,202, reverse strandSLC2A14SLC2A3: 7,919,228–8,019,007, reverse strandSLC2A3FOXJ2: 8,032,674–8,055,522, forward strandFOXJ2C3AR1: 8,056,844–8,066,440, reverse strandC3AR1NECAP1: 8,076,939–8,097,881, forward strandNECAP1CLEC4A: 8,123,617–8,138,607, forward strandCLEC4A: 8,138,140–8,175,320, forward strandZNF705A: 8,157,015–8,188,537, forward strandZNF705AFAM90A1: 8,221,260–8,227,621, reverse strandFAM90A1Diagram of NANOG: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 7,789,402–7,789,765, 364 basesExon 2: 7,792,950–7,793,212, 263 basesExon 3: 7,794,457–7,794,543, 87 basesExon 4: 7,794,679–7,799,146, 4,468 bases12345′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 5.2 kb of the gene's 9.7 kb; 918 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.). NANOG gene: Nanog homeobox. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nanog

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NANOG gene: Nanog homeobox [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nanog

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