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Facts about C-C motif chemokine 21.
Shows preferential action towards naive T-cells. May play a role in mediating homing of lymphocytes to secondary lymphoid organs.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CCL21 |
Uniprot: | O00585 |
Entrez: | 6366 |
Belongs to: |
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intercrine beta (chemokine CC) family |
6Ckine; 6CkineSmall-inducible cytokine A21; Beta-chemokine exodus-2; CCL21; chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21; CKb9; exodus-2; member 21; SCYA21; SCYA21MGC34555; secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine; SLC; SLCSecondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine; TCA-4
Mass (kDA):
14.646 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9p13.3 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (34709005..34710136, complement) |
Highly expressed in high endothelial venules of lymph nodes, spleen and appendix. Intermediate levels found in small intestine, thyroid gland and trachea. Low level expression in thymus, bone marrow, liver, and pancreas. Also found in tonsil, fetal heart and fetal spleen.
Secreted.
PMID: 9235955 by Nagira M., et al. Molecular cloning of a novel human CC chemokine secondary lymphoid- tissue chemokine that is a potent chemoattractant for lymphocytes and mapped to chromosome 9p13.
PMID: 9257816 by Hedrick J.A., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel beta chemokine containing six conserved cysteines.
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