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Gene

PDGFA

platelet derived growth factor subunit A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7p22.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 497,258–519,846 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 22.6 kb
Protein
196 amino acids
Also known as
PDGF1, PDGF-A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000402802.8NM_033023.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How PDGFA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where PDGFA sits. PDGFA and 11 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 8,552 to 1,008,551.Chromosome 77p22.3p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.30.2 Mb0.4 Mb0.6 Mb0.8 Mb1 MbFAM20C: 192,034–260,773, forward strandFAM20CFOXL3: 290,170–294,422, forward strandFOXL3PDGFA: 497,258–519,846, reverse strandPDGFAPRKAR1B: 549,195–728,268, reverse strandPRKAR1BDNAAF5: 726,687–790,035, forward strandDNAAF5SUN1: 816,591–896,435, forward strandSUN1GET4: 876,486–896,441, forward strandGET4ADAP1: 896,338–955,407, reverse strandADAP1: 898,778–975,549, reverse strandCOX19: 964,852–975,549, reverse strandCOX19CHLSN: 979,163–1,138,313, reverse strandCHLSNCYP2W1: 983,176–989,640, forward strandCYP2W1Diagram of PDGFA: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 6: 497,258–498,574, 1,317 basesExon 5: 501,116–501,242, 127 basesExon 4: 510,809–510,996, 188 basesExon 3: 512,351–512,455, 105 basesExon 2: 517,394–517,490, 97 basesExon 1: 518,939–519,846, 908 bases6543215′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 2.7 kb of the gene's 22.6 kb; 591 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.). PDGFA gene: platelet derived growth factor subunit A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdgfa

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PDGFA gene: platelet derived growth factor subunit A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/pdgfa

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