T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8 alpha chain
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A protein that is a translation product of the human CD8A gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof. CD8 is a transmembrane that is a co-receptor for MHC class-I antigen/T-cell receptor interaction. The most common form of CD8 is composed of a CD8 alpha and a CD8 beta chain. [ PRO:CNA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11114424 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD8 ]
Synonyms: CD8A CD8a T-lymphocyte differentiation antigen T8/Leu-2 T-cell surface glycoprotein Lyt-2
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- granulocyte
- hematopoietic stem cell
- langerin-positive lymph node dendritic cell
- CD8alpha-negative thymic conventional dendritic cell
- Cd4-negative, CD8_alpha-negative, CD11b-positive dendritic cell
- DN1 thymic pro-T cell
- hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell
- erythroblast
- reticulocyte
- megakaryocyte progenitor cell
- proerythroblast
- hematopoietic oligopotent progenitor cell, lineage-negative
- erythroid progenitor cell, mammalian
- common dendritic progenitor
- Kit and Sca1-positive hematopoietic stem cell