Gene: PIWIL2

Alternate names for this Gene: CT80|HILI|PIWIL1L|mili

Gene 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]. Publication Note: This RefSeq record includes a subset of the publications that are available for this gene. Please see the Gene record to access additional publications. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: AK299068.1, SRR1660803.208859.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns :: single sample supports all introns SAMEA1968968, SAMEA2145245 [ECO:0000348] ##Evidence-Data-END##

Gene is located in Chromosome: 8

Location in Chromosome : 8p21.3

Description of this Gene: piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2

Type of Gene: protein-coding