PIWIL4, Official Symbol PIWIL4provided by HGNC Official Full Name piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:18444 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000134627 MIM:610315; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18444 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as HIWI2; MIWI2 Summary PIWIL4 belongs to the Argonaute family of proteins, which function in development and maintenance of germline stem cells (Sasaki et al., 2003 [PubMed 12906857]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008] Expression Broad expression in bone marrow (RPKM 9.2), testis (RPKM 8.7) and 19 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all