Iconoplasm - gene character cards and browser extension
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Character profile for LGALS8
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- LGALS8 — galectin 8
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #95AAA0 → Card color name: Weak Green
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: L → Hue: teal
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.23 → Character vibrance: low vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 1.355 → Character shade: light shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-1562
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: soluble → Character sex: female
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1995 → Character age: 25 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 36 kDa → Character mass: 36 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Concanavalin A-like lectin → Character aesthetic: Kkonminam
full name
galectin 8gene name
LGALS8
galectin 8
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
qc
pending review
field notes
category
female
first noted
1995
25 y.o.
mass
36kDakg
pfam clans
Concanavalin A-like lectin
Kkonminam
alignment
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