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Interleukin-7 receptor-α

Interleukin-7 receptor-α
More reference expression dataBioGPSEnsemblUniProtRefSeq (mRNA)RefSeq (protein)Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 35.85 – 35.88 MbChr 15: 9.51 – 9.53 MbPubMed searchWikidata

Interleukin-7 receptor subunit alpha (IL7R-α) also known as CD127 (Cluster of Differentiation 127) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL7Rgene.

IL7R-α is a type I cytokine receptor and is a subunit of the functional interleukin-7 receptor and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) receptors.