CD15

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fucosyltransferase 4 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase, myeloid-specific)
Identifiers
Symbol FUT4 CD15, FCT3A, ELFT
HUGO 4015
Entrez 2526
OMIM 104230
RefSeq NM_002033
UniProt P22083
Other data
Locus Chr. 11 q21

CD15 is a cluster of differentiation--an immunologically significant molecule. CD15 is a phosphatidylinositol-anchored transmembrane protein found on neutrophils and which may be involved in phagocytosis; expressed in patients with Hodgkin disease, some B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias, acute lymphoblastic leukemias, and most acute nonlymphocytic leukemias. It is also called Lewis x.