http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/HsChr6.shtml
Human Chr 6 Pubmed Entrez BLAST OMIM Taxonomy Structure Search Genbank Genemap'99 Locuslink MEDLINE OMIM Unigene Maps dbsts for Human Genome Resources Select a Chromosome: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 X Y Mapviewer Chr 6 Locuslink Chr. 6 Loci Unigene Chr. 6 Clusters Mouse Homologies for Human Chr. 6 Chromosome 6 Disease Genes Spinocerebellar atrophy is a degeneration of the spinal_cord. Image credit: Kevin Roth and Robert Schmidt, Washington University, St_louis, MO. Some diseases associated with chromosome 6 mutations Celiac_disease Hemochromatosis Lafora Myoclonus_epilepsy Spinocerebellar atrophy 1 See OMIM or Genes and Disease for additional examples and detailed information. OMIM Home_page OMIM Morbid Map Genes and Disease Sequencing Progress Euchromatic size: 183000 kb Finished sequence: 166867 kb Percent finished: 91.2%Number of contigs: 29 List contigs by size List contigs by position Sequencing is being coordinated by The Sanger Center. Major contributions have come from: The Sanger Center University of Washington MSC University of Washington GC Tokai University STS Maps Map STSS Type Ref Genemap'99 1893 RH 1 Whitehead 858 YAC 2 Stanford 627 RH 3 Genethon 311 Link 4 Cytogenetics Mitelman et_al. 5) have_cataloged recurrent chromosome aberrations associated with cancers. Chromosome 6 aberrations References 1 Deloukas et_al. 1998). ) A physical map of 30,000 human genes. Science 282,744-746.2 Hudson et_al. 1995). ) An STS-based map of the human genome. Science 270,1945-1954.3 Stewart et_al. 1997). ) An STS-based radiation hybrid map of the human genome. Genome Res 7, 422-433.4 Dib, et_al. 1995). ) A comprehensive genetic map of the human genome based_on 5, 264 microsatellites. Nature 380,152-154.5 Mitelman, et_al. 1997). ) A breakpoint map of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements in human neoplasia. Nat Genet Apr 15 Suppl. 417-474. Comments or Questions? Write to the NCBI Service Desk