HBB in UCSC and Ensembl

Open a genome browser at the right place

UCSC Genome Browser: HBB with MANE transcripts, ClinVar and conservation
Ensembl: the HBB gene
Ensembl: the sickle-cell variant, rs334

A picture of the same UCSC view, for slides and handouts

UCSC Genome Browser view of HBB exon 1, with the sickle-cell position highlighted in orange

Live data from the APIs

Asking Ensembl for the HBB gene record…

Asking Ensembl VEP for the effect of rs334…

Asking UCSC for the DNA around the variant…