CD8A

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q17858344
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CD8A

Summary

CD8A is a gene[1]. CD8A ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • CD8A's instance of is recorded as gene[3].
  • CD8A is a type of protein-coding gene[4].
  • CD8A's HomoloGene ID is recorded as 133777[5].
  • CD8A's genomic start is recorded as 86784610[6].
  • CD8A's genomic start is recorded as 87011729[7].
  • CD8A's genomic end is recorded as 86808396[8].
  • CD8A's genomic end is recorded as 87035519[9].
  • CD8A's ortholog is recorded as Cd8a[10].
  • CD8A's ortholog is recorded as Cd8a[11].
  • CD8A's encodes is recorded as CD8a molecule[12].
  • CD8A's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[13].
  • CD8A's chromosome is recorded as human chromosome 2[14].
  • CD8A's strand orientation is recorded as reverse strand[15].
  • CD8A's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/925[16].
  • CD8A's cytogenetic location is recorded as 2p11.2[17].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as thymus[18].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as spleen[19].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as granulocyte[20].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as blood[21].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as superficial temporal artery[22].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as lymph node[23].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as jejunal mucosa[24].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as appendix[25].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as bone marrow[26].
  • CD8A's expressed in is recorded as bone marrow cell[27].

Why It Matters

CD8A ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol CD8A
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) 2777766604
    Refseq rna id NR_027353, NM_001145873, NM_001768 +1
    Exact match http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/925
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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