Entrez gene ID | | 3823 |
Official gene symbol | | KLRC3 |
Full name | | killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily C, member 3 |
Aliases | | ,NKG2-E,NKG2E, |
Gene summary | | Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that can mediate lysis of certain tumor cells and virus-infected cells without previous activation. They can also regulate specific humoral and cell-mediated immunity. NK cells preferentially express several calcium-dependent (C-type) lectins, which have been implicated in the regulation of NK cell function. KLRC3 is a member of the NKG2 group which are expressed primarily in natural killer (NK) cells and encodes a family of transmembrane proteins characterized by a type II membrane orientation (extracellular C terminus) and the presence of a C-type lectin domain. The NKG2 gene family is located within the NK complex, a region that contains several C-type lectin genes preferentially expressed on NK cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 12 Locus: 12p13 |
Gene position | | 10573194 - 10564914 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 8281 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 602892 |
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