{"symbol":"EPHA7","synonyms":["EHK3","EHK-3","EK11","HEK11"],"name":"EPH receptor A7","description":"This gene belongs to the ephrin receptor subfamily of the protein-tyrosine kinase family. EPH and EPH-related receptors have been implicated in mediating developmental events, particularly in the nervous system. Receptors in the EPH subfamily typically have a single kinase domain and an extracellular region containing a Cys-rich domain and 2 fibronectin type III repeats. The ephrin receptors are divided into 2 groups based on the similarity of their extracellular domain sequences and their affinities for binding ephrin-A and ephrin-B ligands. Increased expression of this gene is associated with multiple forms of carcinoma. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2013]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":2045,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/2045","proteins":[{"symbol":"EPHA7_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/EPHA7_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Fibronectin type III domain containing","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Fibronectin+type+III+domain+containing"},{"name":"Sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain containing (SAMD)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Sterile+alpha+motif+%28SAM%29+domain+containing+%28SAMD%29"},{"name":"Receptor kinases","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Receptor+kinases"}]}