human chromosome 16

Also known as chr16, Homo sapiens chromosome 16, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16

human chromosome, group E classification

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Within Vinony's link graph, human chromosome 16 is referenced by 669 other articles, and connects out to chromosome, centromeric region, gene and karyotype.

It is catalogued under topics including Chromosomes (human) and Genes on human chromosome 16.

Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Length bp: 96,330,374 bp, (CHM13)
Number span no of genes: 795 ( CCDS )
Type: Autosome
Centromere position: Metacentric , (36.8 Mbp )
Ccds: Gene list
Hgnc: Gene list
Uniprot: Gene list
Ncbi: Gene list
Ensembl: Chromosome 16
Entrez: Chromosome 16
Ucsc: Chromosome 16
Refseq: NC_000016 ( FASTA )
Genbank: CM000678 ( FASTA )

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Research

4,060 papers

Molecular genetics of human chromosome 16.Journal of medical genetics · 1987
Construction of human chromosome 16- and 5-specific circular YAC/BAC libraries by in vivo recombination in yeast (TAR cloning).Genomics · 1998
Human chromosome 16 suppresses metastasis but not tumorigenesis in rat prostatic tumor cells.Cancer research · 1998
Human chromosome 16 encodes a factor involved in induction of class II major histocompatibility antigens by interferon gamma.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1991
The alpha-thalassemias.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1990

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: chromosome
Part of: human genome
Followed by: human chromosome 17
Follows: human chromosome 15
Length: 90338345

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Commons category: Human chromosome 16
found in taxon: Homo sapiens
short name: 16
topic's main category: Category:Genes on human chromosome 16

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Encyclopedic overview

Chromosome 16 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. Chromosome 16 spans about 90 million base pairs (the building material of DNA) and represents just under 3% of the total DNA in cells.

Genes

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “human chromosome 16” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.