LGALS9C, Official Symbol LGALS9Cprovided by HGNC Official Full Name galectin 9Cprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:33874 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000171916 AllianceGenome:HGNC:33874 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 Gal-9B; LGALS9B Summary This gene was initially thought to represent a pseudogene of galectin 9; however, this transcript has good exon-intron structure and encodes a predicted protein of the same size as and highly similar to galectin 9. This gene is one of two similar loci on chromosome 17p similar to galectin 9 and now thought to be protein-encoding. This gene is the more telomeric gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Biased expression in stomach (RPKM 22.9), gall bladder (RPKM 8.6) and 4 other tissues See more Orthologs all