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Identification of allelic variants of the bovine immune regulatory molecule CEACAM1 implies a pathogen-driven evolution.
Gene - 15 Sept 2004
Kammerer Robert, Popp Tanja, Singer Bernhard B, Schlender Jörg, Zimmermann Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM1), the primordial member of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family, functions as a MHC-independent natural killer (NK) cell inhibitory receptor, regulates T and B cell proliferation, and induces dendritic cell (DC) maturation. Despite these fundamental functions, CEACAM1 and most of the CEA family members differ significantly in primates and...
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