Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 8 (CEACAM8) also known as CD66b (Cluster of Differentiation 66b), is a member of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene family. Its main function is cell adhesion, cell migration, and pathogen binding.
Use
CEACAM8 is expressed exclusively on granulocytes and used as granulocyte marker.
See also
- Cluster of differentiation
References
Further reading
External links
- CEACAM8 protein, human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Human CEACAM8 genome location and CEACAM8 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
- PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 8 (CEACAM8)
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