金山科研平台，产品价格货期咨询微信：jinshanbio Molecule Information: LIF R alpha Long Name: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Aliases: CD118; LIF R beta; LIFR Entrez Gene IDs: 3977 (Human); 16880 (Mouse); 81680 (Rat) Background: LIF Receptor The activities of the pleiotropic cytokine LIF are mediated through a high-affinity heterodimeric receptor complex consisting of two membrane glycoproteins: an alpha subunit (LIF R alpha, also known as LIF R beta and CD118) that binds LIF with low affinity and the 130 kDa (gp130) subunit that does not bind LIF by itself, but is required for high-affinity binding of LIF by the complex.