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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Immunologic > Receptors, Cytokine > Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor > B-Cell Maturation Antigen

Preferred term

B-Cell Maturation Antigen  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • B Cell Maturation Protein A
  • BCMA Protein
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 17
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 17

Scope note

  • A member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily found on mature B-LYMPHOCYTES. It has specificity for B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR and TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR LIGAND SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 13. Signaling of the receptor occurs through its association with TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTORS.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053301

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