The encoded protein is a tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor and member of the CSF1/PDGF receptor family of tyrosine-protein kinases.Mutations in this gene have been associated with a predisposition to myeloid malignancy.The first intron of this gene contains a transcriptionally inactive ribosomal protein L7 processed pseudogene oriented in the opposite direction.Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
