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Designing a Western blot for CR2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the CR2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for CR2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the CR2 IHC GuideFacts about Complement receptor type 2.
Receptor for complement C3Dd, for the Epstein-Barr virus on human B-cells and T-cells and for HNRNPU (PubMed:7753047).
Participates in B lymphocytes activation (PubMed:7753047)..
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CR2 |
| Uniprot: | P20023 |
| Entrez: | 1380 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| receptors of complement activation (RCA) family |

C3DR; C3DRSLEB9; CD21 antigen; CD21; Complement C3d receptor; complement component (3d/Epstein Barr virus) receptor 2; complement receptor type 2; CR2; EBV receptor; Epstein-Barr virus receptor
Mass (kDA):
112.916 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q32.2 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (207454328..207489892) |
Mature B-lymphocytes, T-lymphocytes, pharyngeal epithelial cells, astrocytes and follicular dendritic cells of the spleen.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.





PMID: 2563370 by Fujisaku A., et al. Genomic organization and polymorphisms of the human C3d/Epstein-Barr virus receptor.
PMID: 2832506 by Weis J.J., et al. Structure of the human B lymphocyte receptor for C3d and the Epstein- Barr virus and relatedness to other members of the family of C3/C4 binding proteins.