The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen C-Reactive Protein across different species:

C-reactive protein, pentraxin-related (CRP), C-reactive protein, pentraxin-related (Crp), C-reactive protein (CRP), C-reactive protein (crp)

Other aliases include:

PTX1, MGC88244, MGC149895, AI255847, Aa1249, Ac1262, Ab1-341, Ab2-196, Ac1-114, Ac2-069, Ba2-693, CRP, crp

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen C-Reactive Protein:

C-reactive protein, pentraxin-related – C-reactive protein – C-reactive protein, petaxin related – C-reactive protein member of the pentraxin family – C-reactive protein, member of the pentraxin family

C-Reactive Protein fulfills a number of functions:

Gram-positive bacterial cell surface binding – calcium ion binding – choline binding – low-density lipoprotein binding – protein binding – cholesterol binding – metal ion binding – molecular_function

C-Reactive Protein is relevant to the following processes:

acute-phase response – inflammatory response – negative regulation of lipid storage – negative regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation – opsonization – complement activation, classical pathway

Locations for C-Reactive Protein:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology