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Lgals8 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Lgals8
lectin, galactose binding, soluble 8
MGI:1928481

Nomenclature History
Synonyms 1200015E08Rik, D13Ertd524e, Lgals-8
Genetic Map
Chromosome 13
8.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 5)

Sequence Map
Chr13:12531682-12557211 bp, - strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Lgals8 ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: galectin
TreeFam: TF315551
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000033741 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 25530 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_018886 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2542 C57BL/6
polypeptide Q9JL15 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 316 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(43)
Alleles
and
phenotypes 		All alleles(4) : Gene trapped(4)
Homozygous mutation of this gene results in hyperactivity
Polymorphisms PCR(2) SNPs within 2kb(155 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications: (3 annotations)
Component cytoplasm
Function sugar binding
External Resources: FuncBase
Expression cDNA source data(18)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GENSAT  GEO  ArrayExpress 
Molecular
reagents 		All nucleic(21) cDNA(18) Primer pair(3)
Microarray probesets(3)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000057554
DoTS DT.101724476, DT.534516, DT.55208454
Consensus CDS Project CCDS36592.1
DFCI TC1574996, TC1596956, TC1683963, TC1700962
NIA Mouse Gene Index U034513
Entrez Gene 56048
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000033741
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Lgals8
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:60984 Ko MS et al., "Large-scale cDNA analysis reveals phased gene expression patterns during preimplantation mouse development." Development 2000 Apr;127(8):1737-49
(Latest) J:99680 The FANTOM Consortium and RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group and Genome Science Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), "The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome" Science 2005;309(5740):1559-1563
All references(8)
Other
accession IDs 		MGI:1261882, MGI:1918987, MGI:2145217
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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02/06/2010
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