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TRA T cell receptor alpha locus

Gene ID: 6955, updated on 17-Jun-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: IMD7; TCRA; TRA@

Summary

Enables signaling receptor activity. Involved in T cell mediated cytotoxicity directed against tumor cell target and detection of tumor cell. Part of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Associated conditions

DescriptionTests
A genome-wide association study of recipient genotype and medium-term kidney allograft function.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome wide analysis of narcolepsy in China implicates novel immune loci and reveals changes in association prior to versus after the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome wide association study (GWAS) of Chagas cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi seropositive subjects.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of intraocular pressure.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome-wide association study identifies new HLA class II haplotypes strongly protective against narcolepsy.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome-wide association study of chemotherapeutic agent-induced severe neutropenia/leucopenia for patients in Biobank Japan.
GeneReviews: Not available
Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus.
GeneReviews: Not available

Genomic context

Location:
14q11.2
Sequence:
Chromosome: 14; NC_000014.9 (21621904..22552132)
Total number of exons:
0

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