Chromosome 5
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Chromosome 5 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 5 spans about 182 million base pairs (the building blocks of DNA) and represents almost 6% of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 5 is the 5th largest human chromosome, yet has one of the lowest gene densities. This is partially explained by numerous gene-poor regions that display a remarkable degree of non-coding and syntenic conservation with non-mammalian vertebrates, suggesting they are functionally constrained.[4]
Chromosome 5 | |
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Features | |
Length (bp) | 182,045,439 bp (CHM13) |
No. of genes | 839 (CCDS)[1] |
Type | Autosome |
Centromere position | Submetacentric[2] (48.8 Mbp[3]) |
Complete gene lists | |
CCDS | Gene list |
HGNC | Gene list |
UniProt | Gene list |
NCBI | Gene list |
External map viewers | |
Ensembl | Chromosome 5 |
Entrez | Chromosome 5 |
NCBI | Chromosome 5 |
UCSC | Chromosome 5 |
Full DNA sequences | |
RefSeq | NC_000005 (FASTA) |
GenBank | CM000667 (FASTA) |
Because chromosome 5 is responsible for many forms of growth and development (cell divisions) changes may cause cancers. One example would be acute myeloid leukemia (AML).[5]