Gene
SLIT1
slit guidance ligand 1
- HGNC 11085(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000187122(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 6585(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 10q24.1
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 10: 96,998,038–97,185,959 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 37 exons across 187.9 kb
- Protein
- 1,534 amino acids
- Also known as
- MEGF4, Slit-1, SLIT3
- Previous symbols
- SLIL1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000266058.9NM_003061.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How SLIT1 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 8 kb of the gene's 187.9 kb; 4,605 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.). SLIT1 gene: slit guidance ligand 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/slit1
Dante Labs. SLIT1 gene: slit guidance ligand 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/slit1
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