XB-FEAT-6077083

tafa5

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nomenclature changes

10.18.2019

Xenopus symbol has changed for genepage ID: 6077083 From fam19a5 to tafa5

Human name has changed for Entrez Gene:25817 From family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like), member A5 to TAFA chemokine like family member 5

NCBI Summary for human TAFA5

This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the CC-chemokine family. The TAFA proteins are predominantly expressed in specific regions of the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]