HFE gene

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hemochromatosis
Identifiers
Symbol(s) HFE
Entrez 3077
OMIM 235200
RefSeq NM_000410
UniProt Q30201
Other data
Locus Chr. 6 p21.3

HFE gene (hemochromatosis) is a gene located on short arm of chromosome 6.

The gene has two major alleles that determine phenotype, H63D and C282Y. The gene is hereditary and has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern.

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