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FCGR3A

Low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCGR3A gene.[1][2] It is also known as CD16a as it is part of the cluster of differentiation cell surface molecules.

References

References

  1. Qiu WQ, de Bruin D, Brownstein BH, Pearse R, Ravetch JV (May 1990). “Organization of the human and mouse low-affinity Fc gamma R genes: duplication and recombination”. Science. 248 (4956): 732–5. doi:10.1126/science.2139735. PMID 2139735.
  2. “Entrez Gene: FCGR3A Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIIa, receptor (CD16a)”.
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