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Character profile for COL8A1
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- COL8A1 — collagen type VIII alpha 1 chain
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #634B44 → Card color name: Somali Brown
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: C → Hue: orange
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.64 → Character vibrance: mid vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.684 → Character shade: mid shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-634
- Gene family-to-character trait mapping
- Gene family: COL → Character family trait: Tortoise shell back plate
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: soluble → Character sex: female
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1991 → Character age: 29 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 73 kDa → Character mass: 73 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: C1q and TNF superfamily → Character aesthetic: Warcore
full name
collagen type VIII alpha 1 chaingene name
COL8A1
collagen type VIII alpha 1 chain
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
Tortoise shell back plate
qc
pending review
field notes
category
female
first noted
1991
29 y.o.
mass
73kDakg
pfam clans
C1q and TNF superfamily
Warcore
alignment
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