LGALS9B, Official Symbol LGALS9Bprovided by HGNC Official Full Name galectin 9Bprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:24842 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000170298 AllianceGenome:HGNC:24842 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 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 centromeric gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Biased expression in stomach (RPKM 25.2), gall bladder (RPKM 10.0) and 4 other tissues See more Orthologs all