Iconoplasm - gene character cards and browser extension
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Character profile for ALK
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- ALK — ALK receptor tyrosine kinase
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #593A40 → Card color name: Night Mauve
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: A → Hue: red
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.84 → Character vibrance: high vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.562 → Character shade: dark shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-1653-e
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: transmembrane → Character sex: male
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1994 → Character age: 26 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 176 kDa → Character mass: 176 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Concanavalin A-like lectin → Character aesthetic: Kkonminam
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Protein Kinase → Character aesthetic: Neoclassicism
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Obg-like GTPase → Character aesthetic: Cool Britannia
- Molecular-alignment-to-character-alignment mapping
- Molecular alignment: oncogene → Character alignment: pro-growth
full name
ALK receptor tyrosine kinasegene name
ALK
ALK receptor tyrosine kinase
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
qc
pending review
field notes
category
male
first noted
1994
26 y.o.
mass
176kDakg
pfam clans
Concanavalin A-like lectin
Kkonminam
Protein Kinase
Neoclassicism
Obg-like GTPase
Cool Britannia
alignment
pro-growth
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