CEACAM8

CEACAM8
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCEACAM8, CD66b, CD67, CGM6, NCA-95, carcinoembryonic antigen related cell adhesion molecule 8, CEA cell adhesion molecule 8
External IDsOMIM: 615747; HomoloGene: 68205; GeneCards: CEACAM8; OMA:CEACAM8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001816

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001807

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Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 42.58 – 42.6 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 8 (CEACAM8) also known as CD66b (Cluster of Differentiation 66b), is a member of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene family. Its main function is cell adhesion, cell migration, and pathogen binding.[3]


Use

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CEACAM8 is expressed exclusively on granulocytes and used as granulocyte marker.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000124469Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Entrez Gene: CEACAM8 carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 8".

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