Description
Product Characteristics:
Cytokine receptor that binds to B-lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC). Involved in B-cell migration into B-cell follicles of spleen and Peyer patches but not into those of mesenteric or peripheral lymph nodes. May have a regulatory function in Burkitt lymphoma (BL) lymphomagenesis and/or B-cell differentiation.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Helical
Synonyms: BLR1, CD185, MDR15, C-X-C chemokine receptor type 5, CXC-R5, CXCR-5, Burkitt lymphoma receptor 1, Monocyte-derived receptor 15, MDR-15, CXCR5
Target Information: This gene encodes a multi-pass membrane protein that belongs to the CXC chemokine receptor family. It is expressed in mature B-cells and Burkitt's lymphoma. This cytokine receptor binds to B-lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC), and is involved in B-cell migration into B-cell follicles of spleen and Peyer patches. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]