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Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Receptor alpha Subunit

Synonyms

CNTFRalpha

Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Receptor alpha Chain

A ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor subunit. It is anchored to the cell surface via GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL LINKAGE and has specificity for binding to CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR. It lacks signal transducing domains which are found on the other two subunits of the receptor.