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Il16 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Il16
  • Name
    interleukin 16
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:1270855
    NCBI Gene: 16170
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    18 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr7:83292033-83394934 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 7, 47.43 cM, cytoband D2-D3
  • Mapping Data
    5 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    3341 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_1270855
protein coding gene Chr7:83292027-83395479 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0032451
protein coding gene Chr7:85806349-85911632 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0032429
protein coding gene Chr7:83732109-83835986 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0032365
protein coding gene Chr7:85655967-85762992 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0032441
protein coding gene Chr7:83408606-83507978 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0032155
protein coding gene Chr7:86207187-86311433 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0032932
protein coding gene Chr7:89124761-89231672 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0029941
protein coding gene Chr7:86109034-86206107 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0031482
protein coding gene Chr7:77174244-77281867 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0032120
protein coding gene Chr7:92114103-92218726 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0032275
protein coding gene Chr7:82236203-82339300 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0032229
protein coding gene Chr7:82192594-82293783 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0032356
protein coding gene Chr7:87047000-87165123 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0032266
protein coding gene Chr7:92141686-92257650 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0032952
protein coding gene Chr7:85049156-85152545 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0031202
protein coding gene Chr7:75470121-75569687 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0031044
protein coding gene Chr7:72043828-72141823 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0031599
protein coding gene Chr7:85424475-85531415 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    IL16, interleukin 16
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    IL16, interleukin 16
  • Synonyms
    LCF, NIL16, prIL-16, PRIL16
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 3603
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q14005
    UniProt: Q14005

  • Chr Location
    15q25.1; chr15:81159575-81314058 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    3 with human IL16 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
IDs
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    21 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele display a transient but consistent increase of thymidine incorporation in anti-CD3-stimulated CD4+ T cells, but fail to show a hyperproliferative T cell phenotype using BrdU labeling.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000001741 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 102902 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000001792 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 5260 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000001792 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1322 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 18
    Genomic 1
    cDNA 17

    Microarray probesets 5
References
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  • Summaries
    All 63
    Developmental Gene Expression 4
    Gene Ontology 9
    Phenotypes 21
  • Earliest
    J:88307 Giometti CS, et al., The analysis of recessive lethal mutations in mice by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of liver proteins. Mutat Res. 1990 Sep;242(1):47-55
  • Latest
    J:326541 Cyagen Biosciences Inc., Cyagen Biosciences Website. 2022;

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
12/10/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory