HOXB7

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q18027169
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Summary

HOXB7 is a gene[1]. HOXB7 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: protein-coding gene[3]
  • HomoloGene ID: 55828[4]
  • Genomic start: 46684594[5], 48607232[6]
  • Genomic end: 48633572[7], 46710934[8]
  • Ortholog: Hoxb7[9], hoxb7a[10]
  • Encodes: Homeobox B7[11]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[12]
  • Chromosome: human chromosome 17[13]
  • Strand orientation: reverse strand[14]
  • Exact match: http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/3217[15]
  • Cytogenetic location: 17q21.32[16]
  • Expressed in: corpus epididymis[17], mucosa of ileum[18], mucosa of transverse colon[19], caput epididymis[20], seminal vesicula[21], mucosa of sigmoid colon[22], tail of epididymis[23], buccal mucosa cell[24], renal medulla[25], endometrium[26]

Why It Matters

HOXB7 is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. 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] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . 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. 16d ago · Kersti Nebelsiek · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'cy', 'en', 'ru', 'uk']
    Image → Protein Antennapedia (2) PDB 1ahd.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Image: Protein Antennapedia (2) PDB 1ahd.png, ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:Protein HOXB7 PDB 1ahd.png]] → [[File:Protein Antennapedia (2) PDB 1ah"
  2. 22w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Chromosome → human chromosome 17
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 7 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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