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Human Sox9 DNA sequence

Full gene name: SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9
Gene Length: 12401 bp
Location: Chromosome 17, long arm: 17q24.3
Accession Number: NG_012490  (FASTA sequence)
GI:254826740

Sox9 is located on Chromosome 17q24.3 in humans

http://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=SOX9&search=Sox9

Sox9 mRNA transcripts

According to Sox9's gene cards, it is alternatively spliced(?) to two different isoforms.  One being 3935 bp (yellow), and the other being 1710 bp (red).  The functional significance of this is still unclear to me, and will be pursued later.

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References

http://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=SOX9&search=Sox9
http://useast.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000125398;r=17:70117161-70122561
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NG_012490

Contact Information

Keaton J. Schuster
[email protected]
Date Page Last Updated: 5/16/2011
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