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Gene

TSPAN18

tetraspanin 18

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 44,726,962–44,932,423 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 205.5 kb
Protein
248 amino acids
Also known as
TSPAN
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000520358.7NM_130783.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TSPAN18 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TSPAN18 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where TSPAN18 sits. TSPAN18 and 4 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 44,329,693 to 45,329,692.Chromosome 1111p11.2p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2544.4 Mb44.6 Mb44.8 Mb45 Mb45.2 MbCD82: 44,564,414–44,621,071, forward strandCD82TSPAN18: 44,726,962–44,932,423, forward strandTSPAN18TP53I11: 44,885,903–44,951,306, reverse strandTP53I11PRDM11: 45,095,806–45,235,110, forward strandPRDM11SYT13: 45,240,302–45,286,347, reverse strandSYT13Diagram of TSPAN18: 10 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 44,726,962–44,727,287, 326 basesExon 2: 44,764,426–44,764,512, 87 basesExon 3: 44,860,328–44,860,469, 142 basesExon 4: 44,906,407–44,906,479, 73 basesExon 5: 44,909,705–44,909,899, 195 basesExon 6: 44,917,972–44,918,046, 75 basesExon 7: 44,919,214–44,919,312, 99 basesExon 8: 44,919,817–44,919,999, 183 basesExon 9: 44,926,674–44,926,757, 84 basesExon 10: 44,929,131–44,932,423, 3,293 bases15105′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 4.6 kb of the gene's 205.5 kb; 747 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.). TSPAN18 gene: tetraspanin 18. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspan18

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TSPAN18 gene: tetraspanin 18 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tspan18

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