CCR2

Summary

Gene Symbol: CCR2
Description: chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2
Alias: C-C chemokine receptor type 2
Species: cat

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Gene conversion between mammalian CCR2 and CCR5 chemokine receptor genes: a potential mechanism for receptor dimerization
    Nuria Vazquez-Salat
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Genomics 90:213-24. 2007
  2. ncbi Extensive gene conversion between CCR2 and CCR5 in domestic cat (Felis catus)
    P J Esteves
    CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairao, Portugal
    Int J Immunogenet 34:321-4. 2007

Scientific Experts

  • P J Esteves
  • Nuria Vazquez-Salat
  • William J Murphy
  • STEPHEN J O'BRIEN
  • Naoya Yuhki
  • Thomas Beck

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi Gene conversion between mammalian CCR2 and CCR5 chemokine receptor genes: a potential mechanism for receptor dimerization
    Nuria Vazquez-Salat
    Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Genomics 90:213-24. 2007
    ..We report the isolation and sequencing of a 150-kb domestic cat BAC clone containing the feline CCR genes CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, and CCR5 to further analyze these four receptor genes within the family Felidae...
  2. ncbi Extensive gene conversion between CCR2 and CCR5 in domestic cat (Felis catus)
    P J Esteves
    CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairao, Portugal
    Int J Immunogenet 34:321-4. 2007
    Homogenization of the CC-motif chemokine receptors CCR2 and CCR5 of cat (Felis catus) is documented and shown to be the outcome of gene conversion within the feline lineage...