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Lgals9 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Lgals9
lectin, galactose binding, soluble 9
MGI:109496


Nomenclature History
Synonyms gal-9, galectin-9
Genetic Map
Chromosome 11
Syntenic
 
Mapping data( 1)
Sequence Map
Chr11:78776476-78798448 bp, - strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
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Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Protein SuperFamily: galectin
TreeFam: TF315551
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000000163 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 21973 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_010708 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1586 C57BL/6NCrl
polypeptide O08573 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 353 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(29)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(13) : Targeted, knock-out(1) Gene trapped(12)
Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit increased susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis, increased T-helper 1 cells and decreased regulatory T cells.
Polymorphisms SNPs within 2kb(26 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(4)
Component cytoplasm, extracellular region...
Function sugar binding
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (2 records)
Data Summary: Assays (8)    Results (93)    Tissues (37)    Images (31)
Theiler Stages: 21,25,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      Western blot 1   3
      RT-PCR 1   13
      RNA in situ 1   19
      Immunohistochemistry 1   19
      Northern blot 4   39
cDNA source data(148)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GENSAT  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(152) Genomic(2) cDNA(148) Primer pair(2) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000001123
DoTS DT.102558617, DT.493643, DT.97337126
UniGene 341434
PDB 2D6K, 2D6L, 2D6M, 2D6N, 2D6O, 2D6P
DFCI TC1573879, TC1599420, TC1606179
NIA Mouse Gene Index U033142
Entrez Gene 16859
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000000163
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Lgals9
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR001079 Galectin, carbohydrate recognition domain
IPR008985 Concanavalin A-like lectin/glucanase
IPR013320 Concanavalin A-like lectin/glucanase, subgroup
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:38801 Wada J et al., "Identification and characterization of galectin-9, a novel beta-galactoside-binding mammalian lectin." J Biol Chem 1997 Feb 28;272(9):6078-86
(Latest) J:132889 Seki M et al., "Galectin-9 suppresses the generation of Th17, promotes the induction of regulatory T cells, and regulates experimental autoimmune arthritis." Clin Immunol 2008 Apr;127(1):78-88
All references(9)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-39495, MGI:2143968, MGI:2144080, MGI:2144105

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last database update
11/20/2009
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