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Core Data Database Links
Approved Symbol + IL6  Accession Numbers +
Approved Name + interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2) M18403 GenBank  EMBL DDBJ UCSC
HGNC ID + HGNC:6018 Mouse Genome Database ID (mapped data supplied by MGI) +
Status + Approved MGI:96559 MGD ID 
Chromosome + 7p21-p15 Rat Genome Database ID (mapped data supplied by RGD) +
Previous Symbols + IFNB2 RGD:2901 RGD ID 
Previous Names +   CCDS IDs +
Aliases + IL-6, BSF2, HGF, HSF CCDS5375.1 CCDS ID 
Name Aliases +   Pubmed IDs +
Locus Type + gene with protein product 3294161 PMID  CiteXplore 
  VEGA IDs +
Gene Symbol Links OTTHUMG00000023178 VEGA GeneView 
GENATLAS GeneCards GeneClinics/GeneTests GoPubmed
       
HCOP H-InvDB Treefam wikigenes
 
Ensembl ID (mapped data supplied by Ensembl) +
ENSG00000136244 Ensembl GeneView  UCSC 
Entrez Gene ID (mapped data supplied by NCBI) +
3569 Gene  Map Viewer 
Specialist Database Links RefSeq (mapped data supplied by NCBI) +
COSMIC Orphanet:138462
 
NM_000600 GenBank EMBL DDBJ UCSC
OMIM ID (mapped data supplied by NCBI) +
Locus Specific Database Links 147620 OMIM 
  UCSC ID (mapped data supplied by UCSC) +
uc003svj.3 UCSC Index 
UniProt ID (mapped data supplied by UniProt) +
  P05231 UniProt  UCSC 

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The work of the HGNC is supported by NHGRI grant P41 HG003345, the UK Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.