Gene
VCAM1
vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
- HGNC 12663↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000162692↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 7412↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1p21.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 100,719,742–100,739,045 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 9 exons across 19.3 kb
- Protein
- 739 amino acids
- Also known as
- CD106
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000294728.7NM_001078.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How VCAM1 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 3.1 kb of the gene's 19.3 kb; 2,220 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.). VCAM1 gene: vascular cell adhesion molecule 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcam1
Dante Labs. VCAM1 gene: vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/vcam1
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