HOXA9

homeobox A9

Summary

In vertebrates, the genes encoding the class of transcription factors called homeobox genes are found in clusters named A, B, C, and D on four separate chromosomes. Expression of these proteins is spatially and temporally regulated during embryonic development. This gene is part of the A cluster on chromosome 7 and encodes a DNA-binding transcription factor which may regulate gene expression, morphogenesis, and differentiation. This gene is highly similar to the abdominal-B (Abd-B) gene of Drosophila. A specific translocation event which causes a fusion between this gene and the NUP98 gene has been associated with myeloid leukemogenesis. Read-through transcription exists between this gene and the upstream homeobox A10 (HOXA10) gene.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]

Known Variants32 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs78105027:27,203,139G/Adownstream gene variant
rs1895872337:27,203,149G/Cdownstream gene variant
rs7789602357:27,203,255C/Guncertain significance
rs1454508957:27,203,269T/Auncertain significance
rs7505345717:27,203,319C/Auncertain significance
rs1403145057:27,203,328T/Guncertain significance
rs25347605597:27,203,401T/Guncertain significance
rs1483679897:27,203,414C/Tbenign
rs3710469437:27,203,440G/Auncertain significance
rs7806925777:27,203,459A/Tuncertain significance
rs1405965807:27,204,512G/Tuncertain significance
rs1504104787:27,204,526C/Tuncertain significance
rs25347635927:27,204,556G/Auncertain significance
rs7698176847:27,204,607T/Cuncertain significance
rs5693131077:27,204,664G/Auncertain significance
rs25347648747:27,204,718G/Tuncertain significance
rs7710253867:27,204,731G/Tuncertain significance
rs353551407:27,204,732C/Tsynonymous variant
rs2004863897:27,204,749A/Guncertain significance
rs10009503037:27,204,781G/Auncertain significance
rs12279893457:27,204,788G/Auncertain significance
rs2003852487:27,204,884C/Tuncertain significance
rs17833057767:27,204,892A/Cuncertain significance
rs25347661117:27,204,907T/Cuncertain significance
rs7810907147:27,204,935G/Tuncertain significance
rs7800778317:27,204,952G/Cuncertain significance
rs2009589027:27,204,959G/Cuncertain significance
rs7769332427:27,204,976G/Auncertain significance
rs13392880937:27,204,980C/Auncertain significance
rs7620740157:27,204,998C/Tuncertain significance
rs10083163497:27,205,005C/Guncertain significance
rs38017767:27,205,282A/Gregulatory region variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.