HOXB6

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q18027166
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Summary

HOXB6 is a gene[1]. HOXB6 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HOXB6's instance of is recorded as gene[3].
  • HOXB6 is a type of protein-coding gene[4].
  • HOXB6's HomoloGene ID is recorded as 7366[5].
  • HOXB6's genomic start is recorded as 48595751[6].
  • HOXB6's genomic start is recorded as 46671639[7].
  • HOXB6's genomic end is recorded as 48604992[8].
  • HOXB6's genomic end is recorded as 46682354[9].
  • HOXB6's ortholog is recorded as Hoxb6[10].
  • HOXB6's ortholog is recorded as Hoxb6[11].
  • HOXB6's ortholog is recorded as hoxb6a[12].
  • HOXB6's ortholog is recorded as hoxb6b[13].
  • HOXB6's encodes is recorded as Homeobox B6[14].
  • HOXB6's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[15].
  • HOXB6's chromosome is recorded as human chromosome 17[16].
  • HOXB6's strand orientation is recorded as reverse strand[17].
  • HOXB6's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/3216[18].
  • HOXB6's cytogenetic location is recorded as 17q21.32[19].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as corpus epididymis[20].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as seminal vesicula[21].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as caput epididymis[22].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as right uterine tube[23].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as transverse colon[24].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as mucosa of transverse colon[25].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as tail of epididymis[26].
  • HOXB6's expressed in is recorded as human kidney[27].

Why It Matters

HOXB6 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] HOXB6 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . UniProt. 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] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Kersti Nebelsiek · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 3
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'en', 'uk']
    Image → Protein Antennapedia (1) PDB 1ahd.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Image: Protein Antennapedia (1) PDB 1ahd.png, ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:Protein HOXB6 PDB 1ahd.png]] → [[File:Protein Antennapedia (1) PDB 1ah"
  2. 22w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol → HOXB6
    Refseq rna id → XM_011524727, NM_018952, NM_156036 +3
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/3216
    Omim id → 142961
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||gsw */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32527|batch #32527]]: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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