PIWIL2, Official Symbol PIWIL2provided by HGNC Official Full Name piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:17644 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000197181 MIM:610312; AllianceGenome:HGNC:17644 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 CT80; HILI; mili; PIWIL1L Summary PIWIL2 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 Biased expression in testis (RPKM 18.7), duodenum (RPKM 3.2) and 2 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all