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DCX

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q14912973

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human X chromosome[11]
Cytogenetic location
Xq23[15]
Encodes
Doublecortin[9]
Expressed in
ganglionic eminence, ventricular zone, tail of epididymis, endothelial cell, Brodmann area 23, middle temporal gyrus, secondary oocyte, primary visual cortex, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 46[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genetic association
lissencephaly, lissencephaly type 1 due to doublecortin gene mutation[12][13]
Genomic end
111412429, 110655603[6][7]
Genomic start
111293779, 110537007[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
7683[3]
Ortholog
Dcx, Dcx[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en DBCN en DC en DCX en doublecortin en LISX en SCLH en XLIS it Doublecortina ru Даблкортин
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C2781461022
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein DCX PDB 1mjd.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000077279
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000496551, ENST00000356220, ENST00000358070, ENST00000371993, ENST00000468911, ENST00000488120, ENST00000635795, ENST00000636035, ENST00000636381, ENST00000637453, ENST00000637570, ENST00000680476
Entrez Gene ID
1641
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/02qt9md
HGNC ID
2714
HGNC gene symbol
DCX
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781461022
OMIM ID
300121
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_000555, NM_001195553, NM_178151, NM_178152, NM_178153, XM_011530879, NM_001369370, NM_001369371, NM_001369372, NM_001369373, NM_001369374
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UMLS CUI
C1413938

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 4
middle temporal gyrus, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 46, ganglionic eminence
Chromosome 1
human X chromosome
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Genetic association 1
lissencephaly
Instance of 1
gene
← Genetic association 1
lissencephaly
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Summary

DCX is a gene[1]. DCX is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ClinGen. Retrieved . search.clinicalgenome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genetic association → lissencephaly, lissencephaly type 1 due to doublecortin gene mutation
    Chromosome → human X chromosome
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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