| Protein Name | interleukin 5 |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 16191 |
| Gene Symbol | Il5 |
| UniProt | P04401 (IL5_MOUSE), Q5SV01 (Q5SV01_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 776 |
Description |
interleukin 5 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables cytokine activity. Involved in positive regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity; positive regulation of immunoglobulin production; and positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in colon; thymus; and thymus primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in asthma. Orthologous to human IL5 (interleukin 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] |
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