Description
Product Characteristics:
Galectin 8
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: Gal 8, Gal-8, Gal8, Galectin-8, LEG8_HUMAN, LGAL S8, LGALS8, PCTA 1, PCTA-1, PCTA1, Po66 carbohydrate binding protein, Po66 carbohydrate-binding protein, Po66 CBP, Po66-CBP, Prostate carcinoma tumor antigen 1.
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the galectin family. Galectins are beta-galactoside-binding animal lectins with conserved carbohydrate recognition domains. The galectins have been implicated in many essential functions including development, differentiation, cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interaction, growth regulation, apoptosis, and RNA splicing. This gene is widely expressed in tumoral tissues and seems to be involved in integrin-like cell interactions. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]