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BCL6

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q17847411

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 3[13]
Cytogenetic location
3q27.3[16]
Different from
B cell leukemia/lymphoma 6[14]
Encodes
BCL6 transcription repressor, B-cell lymphoma 6 protein[10][11]
Expressed in
gastrocnemius muscle, gastric mucosa, blood, left uterine tube, Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis, pericardium, right lung, skin of thigh, glutes, bronchial epithelial cell[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[12]
Genomic end
187463515, 187745725[6][7]
Genomic start
187721377, 187439165[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
7640[3]
Ortholog
Bcl6, Bcl6, bcl6a[8][9]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en B cell CLL/lymphoma 6 en B-cell CLL/lymphoma 6 en BCL5 en BCL6 en BCL6A en BCL6 transcription repressor en BCL6, transcription repressor en LAZ3 en ZBTB27 en ZNF51
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C2777537477
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein BCL6 PDB 1r28.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000113916
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000621333, ENST00000232014, ENST00000406870, ENST00000419510, ENST00000430339, ENST00000438077, ENST00000450123, ENST00000470319, ENST00000479110, ENST00000480458, ENST00000496823
Entrez Gene ID
604
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03cspp9
HGNC ID
1001
HGNC gene symbol
BCL6
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777537477
OMIM ID
109565
RefSeq RNA ID
XM_011513062, NM_001130845, NM_001134738, NM_001706, NM_138931, XM_005247694, XM_047448655
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UMLS CUI
C1332399

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 5
blood, pericardium, gastrocnemius muscle, glutes, gastric mucosa
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 3
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

BCL6 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → B cell leukemia/lymphoma 6
    Chromosome → human chromosome 3
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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