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Gene: complement component (3d/Epstein Barr virus) receptor 2
Gene ID: 197739
Symbol: CR2
Species: 1000
Description: Complement component receptor-2 (CR2) is the membrane protein on B lymphocytes to which the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) binds during infection of these cells. See also MIM 120620. Yefenof et al. (1976) found complete overlapping of EBV receptors and C3 (MIM 120700) receptors on human B lymphocytes.[supplied by OMIM]