- Symbol
- him-6
- Name
- High Incidence of Males (increased X chromosome loss)
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Helicase involved in DNA repair and DNA condensation
- Observations
- Mutants have a low brood size, a shortened lifespan, and an increased amount of germ-line apoptosis.
- Lifespan Effect
- Decrease
- Genetic Manipulation
- Mutation
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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- GenAge model organism genes
- A homolog of this gene for Saccharomyces cerevisiae is present as SGS1
- GenAge human genes
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as BLM
- LongevityMap
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as BLM
- CellAge gene expression
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as BLM
- Danio rerio
- blm
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Blm
- Homo sapiens
- BLM
- Mus musculus
- Blm
- Rattus norvegicus
- Blm
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- SGS1
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe
- rqh1
- WormBase
- Search
- Ensembl
- Search
- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (178201)
- Homologues
- Search HomoloGene
- UniProt
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- Internet
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GenAge entry for him-6 (Caenorhabditis elegans)