Primary Identifier | MGI:106662 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 17076 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable signaling receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in endocytosis. Located in external side of plasma membrane. Is expressed in liver; thymus; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to several human genes including LY75 (lymphocyte antigen 75). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele display abnormalities in CD8-positive T cell morphology and cytotoxic T cell physiology. [provided by MGI curators] |