Membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A member 3 is aprotein that in humans is encoded by theMS4A3gene.[5][6]
This gene encodes a member of themembrane-spanning 4A gene family. Members of this protein family are characterized by common structural features and similar intron/exon splice boundaries and display unique expression patterns among hematopoietic cells and nonlymphoid tissues. This family member likely plays a role in signal transduction and may function as a subunit associated with receptor complexes. The gene encoding this protein is localized to 11q12, among a cluster of related family members. Alternative splicing may result in multiple transcript variants; however, not all variants have been fully described.[6]
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Liang Y, Tedder TF (2001). "Identification of a CD20-, FcepsilonRIbeta-, and HTm4-related gene family: sixteen new MS4A family members expressed in human and mouse".Genomics.72 (2):119–27.doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6472.PMID11401424.
