The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Sialophorin across different species:

sialophorin (SPN)

Other aliases include:

LSN, CD43, GPL115

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Sialophorin:

sialophorin – leukosialin – sialophorin (leukosialin, CD43) – sialophorin (gpL115, leukosialin, CD43)

Sialophorin fulfills a number of functions:

bacterial binding – protein binding – transmembrane receptor activity

Sialophorin is relevant to the following processes:

T cell costimulation – cell surface receptor linked signal transduction – cellular defense response – chemotaxis – defense response to bacterium – establishment or maintenance of cell polarity – induction of apoptosis by extracellular signals – negative regulation of T cell proliferation – negative regulation of cell adhesion – negative regulation of type IV hypersensitivity – negative thymic T cell selection – positive regulation of T cell proliferation – positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor biosynthetic process – regulation of defense response to virus – regulation of immune response – response to protozoan

Locations for Sialophorin:

basement membrane – external side of plasma membrane – extracellular space – integral to plasma membrane – plasma membrane – uropod

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology