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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

hes family bHLH transcription factor 2 [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:16005]

Gene Synonyms

BHLHB40

Location

Chromosome 1: 6,412,418-6,424,690 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000663.2

About this gene

This gene has 11 transcripts (splice variants), 236 orthologues and 12 paralogues.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000377834.8HES2-2014262173aaENSP00000367065.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS30574Q9Y543-1 NM_019089.5MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENST00001145675.1HES2-2114269173aaENSP00000810816.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS30574--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000956305.1HES2-2094281173aaENSP00000626364.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS30574--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000854984.1HES2-2071661173aaENSP00000525043.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS30574--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000854985.1HES2-2081516173aaENSP00000525044.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS30574--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENST00000377837.6HES2-203124276aaENSP00000367068.1
 
Protein coding
Q9Y543-2 -GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENST00000377836.9HES2-202111276aaENSP00000367067.4
 
Protein coding
Q9Y543-2 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENST00001092337.1HES2-210101644aaENSP00000762143.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000487437.6HES2-20598777aaENSP00000465248.1
 
Protein coding
K7EJN2 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicTSL:3
ENST00000489730.2HES2-20673982aaENSP00000465270.1
 
Protein coding
K7EJQ0 -GENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENST00000471190.1HES2-204349No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:5