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Cell surface antigen CD109 is a novel member of the alpha(2) macroglobulin/C3, C4, C5 family of thioester-containing proteins.
Blood - 1 Mar 2002
Lin Martin, Sutherland D Robert, Horsfall Wendy, Totty Nicholas, Yeo Erik, Nayar Rakash, Wu Xiang-Fu, Schuh Andre C
Abstract excerpt
Cell surface antigen CD109 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked glycoprotein of approximately 170 kd found on a subset of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and on activated platelets and T cells. Although it has been suggested that T-cell CD109 may play a role in antibody-inducing T-helper function and it is known that platelet CD109 carries the Gov alloantigen system, the role of CD109 in...
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