Chromosome 6

Chromosome 6 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 6 spans more than 172 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents between 5.5 and 6% of the total DNA in cells. It contains the major histocompatibility complex, which contains over 100 genes related to the immune response, and plays a vital role in organ transplantation.

Chromosome 6
Human chromosome 6 pair after G-banding.
One is from mother, one is from father.
Chromosome 6 pair
in human male karyogram.
Features
Length (bp)172,126,628 bp
(CHM13)
No. of genes996 (CCDS)
TypeAutosome
Centromere positionSubmetacentric
(59.8 Mbp)
Complete gene lists
CCDSGene list
HGNCGene list
UniProtGene list
NCBIGene list
External map viewers
EnsemblChromosome 6
EntrezChromosome 6
NCBIChromosome 6
UCSCChromosome 6
Full DNA sequences
RefSeqNC_000006 (FASTA)
GenBankCM000668 (FASTA)
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