Rat Killer cell lectin- like receptor subfamily G member 1, Klrg

Description

For cells, cell lines and tissues in culture till half confluency. The receptors are ligand binding factors of type 1, 2 or 3 and protein-molecules that receive chemical-signals from outside a cell. When such chemical-signals couple or bind to a receptor, they cause some form of cellular/tissue-response, e.g. a change in the electrical-activity of a cell. In this sense, am olfactory receptor is a protein-molecule that recognizes and responds to endogenous-chemical signals, chemokinesor cytokines e.g. an acetylcholine-receptor recognizes and responds to its endogenous-ligand, acetylcholine. However, sometimes in pharmacology, the term is also used to include other proteins that are drug-targets, such as enzymes, transporters and ion-channels.
About

Rats are used to make rat monoclonal anti mouse antibodies. There are less rat- than mouse clones however. Rats genes from rodents of the genus Rattus norvegicus are often studied in vivo as a model of human genes in Sprague-Dawley or Wistar rats.
Latin name

Rattus norvegicus

Gene target

Killer lectin like receptor subfamily member Klrg
Short name

Killer lectin- like receptor subfamily G member 1, Klrg
Host

Rat
Species

Rat, Rats
Alternative name

Rat Killer cellular lectin- like receptor subfamily G member 1, Klrg
Tissue

cell