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Description

MICB encodes a heavily glycosylated protein which is a ligand for the NKG2D type II receptor. Binding of the ligand activates the cytolytic response of natural killer (NK) cells, CD8 alphabeta T cells, and gammadelta T cells which express the receptor. This protein is stress-induced and is similar to MHC class I molecules; however, it does not associate with beta-2-microglobulin or bind peptides. [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	4277 Human
Uniprot	AAH44218.1 Human NP_001170990 Human NP_005922 Human
Product By Gene ID	4277
Alternate Names	MHC class I chain-related protein B MHC class I mic-B antigen MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B MIC-B PERB11.2MHC class I-like molecule PERB11.2-IMX stress inducible class I homolog

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