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Il6 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Il6
interleukin 6
MGI:96559


Nomenclature History
STS D5Mit44,D5Nds8
Synonyms Il-6
Genetic Map
Chromosome 5
17.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 37)

Sequence Map
Chr5:30339701-30346508 bp, + strand
(From NCBI annotation of NCBI Build 37)
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Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; pig, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Il6 ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: interleukin-6
TreeFam: TF335984
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic 16193 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 6808 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_031168 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1087 BALB/c
polypeptide P08505 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 211 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(28)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(3) : Targeted, knock-out(3)
Homozygous null mutants show impaired immune response to pathogens, decreased T cell numbers and resistance to plasma cell neoplasia. They are defective in wound healing and liver regeneration and show increased emotionality and high bone turnover rate.
Polymorphisms All PCR and RFLP(17) : PCR(6) RFLP(11) SNPs within 2kb(53 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications: (33 annotations)
Process acute-phase response, branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis...
Component external side of plasma membrane, extracellular region...
Function cytokine activity, growth factor activity...
External Resources: FuncBase
Expression Literature Summary: (21 records)
Data Summary: Assays (5)    Results (87)    Tissues (48)
Theiler Stages: 16,18,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 3   72
      Nuclease S1 1   6
      Northern blot 1   9
cDNA source data(19)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GENSAT  GEO  ArrayExpress 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(39) Genomic(5) cDNA(19) Primer pair(9) Other(6)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000025746
DoTS DT.101206465, DT.101289825, DT.99853571
Consensus CDS Project CCDS19153.1
UniGene 1019
DFCI TC1586583, TC1593751
NIA Mouse Gene Index U005409
Entrez Gene 16193
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Il6
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR003573 Interleukin-6/G-CSF/MGF
IPR003574 Interleukin-6
IPR009079 Four-helical cytokine-like, core
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:9408 Chiu CP et al., "Multiple biological activities are expressed by a mouse interleukin 6 cDNA clone isolated from bone marrow stromal cells." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988 Oct;85(19):7099-103
(Latest) J:156484 Kimura A et al., "The absence of interleukin-6 enhanced arsenite-induced renal injury by promoting autophagy of tubular epithelial cells with aberrant extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation." Am J Pathol 2010 Jan;176(1):40-50
All references(564)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-11357, MGD-MRK-11391

Contributing Projects:
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last database update
02/06/2010
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