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Iconoplasm turns human gene symbols into memorable character cards called blots. Search by gene symbol or name, browse published human gene cards, and use the browser extension to recognize genes while reading papers, databases, and other biology pages.
Character profile for ALG8
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- ALG8 — ALG8 alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferase
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #78686A → Card color name: Pumice Grey
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: A → Hue: red
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.27 → Character vibrance: low vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.909 → Character shade: mid shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-6095
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: transmembrane → Character sex: male
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1995 → Character age: 25 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 60 kDa → Character mass: 60 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Glycosyltransferase family C → Character aesthetic: Gopnik
full name
ALG8 alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferasegene name
ALG8
ALG8 alpha-1,3-glucosyltransferase
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
qc
pending review
field notes
category
male
first noted
1995
25 y.o.
mass
60kDakg
pfam clans
Glycosyltransferase family C
Gopnik
alignment
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