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MAFB

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18034893

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 20[12]
Cytogenetic location
20q12[15]
Encodes
MAF bZIP transcription factor B[10]
Expressed in
glomerulus, skin of hip, gums, metanephric glomerulus, gingival epithelium, synovial membrane, human penis, synovial joint, nipple, skin of arm[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[11]
Genetic association
multicentric carpo-tarsal osteolysis with or without nephropathy[13]
Genomic end
39317880, 40689236[6][7]
Genomic start
40685848, 39314488[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
31315[3]
Ortholog
Mafb, Mafb, mafba[8][9]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en DURS3 en KRML en MAFB en MAF bZIP transcription factor B en MCTO
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000204103
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000373313
Entrez Gene ID
9935
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03gybd6
HGNC ID
6408
HGNC gene symbol
MAFB
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781321290
OMIM ID
608968
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_005461
UMLS CUI
C1416710

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Summary

MAFB is a gene[1]. MAFB is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

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] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) → 2781321290
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Chromosome → human chromosome 20
    Genomic start → 40685848, 39314488
    + 22 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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