ALK

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q17824987
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ALK

Summary

ALK is a gene[1]. ALK ranks in the top 0.9% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month, #49 of 5,469).[2]

Key Facts

  • ALK's image is recorded as 2xp2.png[3].
  • ALK's instance of is recorded as gene[4].
  • ALK's subclass of is recorded as protein-coding gene[5].
  • ALK's Entrez Gene ID is recorded as 238[6].
  • ALK's HGNC gene symbol is recorded as ALK[7].
  • ALK's HGNC ID is recorded as 427[8].
  • ALK's OMIM ID is recorded as 105590[9].
  • ALK's HomoloGene ID is recorded as 68387[10].
  • ALK's Ensembl gene ID is recorded as ENSG00000171094[11].
  • ALK's RefSeq RNA ID is recorded as NM_004304[12].
  • ALK's RefSeq RNA ID is recorded as XR_001738688[13].
  • ALK's RefSeq RNA ID is recorded as NM_001353765[14].
  • ALK's genomic start is recorded as 29192774[15].
  • ALK's genomic start is recorded as 29415640[16].
  • ALK's genomic end is recorded as 30144432[17].
  • ALK's genomic end is recorded as 29921586[18].
  • ALK's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gvnpp[19].
  • ALK's ortholog is recorded as Alk[20].
  • ALK's ortholog is recorded as Alk[21].
  • ALK's ortholog is recorded as alk[22].
  • ALK's encodes is recorded as ALK receptor tyrosine kinase[23].
  • ALK's Gene Atlas image is recorded as PBB GE ALK 208212 s at fs.png[24].
  • ALK's Gene Atlas image is recorded as PBB GE ALK 208211 s at fs.png[25].
  • ALK's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[26].
  • ALK's Ensembl transcript ID is recorded as ENST00000618119[27].

Why It Matters

ALK ranks in the top 0.9% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month, #49 of 5,469).[2] ALK has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ALK is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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