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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

interleukin 6 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:96559]

Gene Synonyms

Il-6

Location

Chromosome 5: 30,218,112-30,224,979 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM000998.3

About this gene

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 162 orthologues and is associated with 128 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000026845.12Il6-2011141211aaENSMUSP00000026845.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS19153A2RTD1 P08505 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000199183.6Il6-2032373208aaENSMUSP00000143293.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0G2JFT1 GENCODE BasicTSL:2
ENSMUST00000199765.3Il6-2041099194aaENSMUSP00000143157.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0G2JFG1 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2TSL:2
ENSMUST00000195978.6Il6-202705165aaENSMUSP00000143544.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS84856A0A0G2JGF4 GENCODE BasicTSL:1