Complement component receptor-2 (CR2) is the membrane protein on B lymphocytes to which the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) binds during infection of these cells. See also CR1 (MIM 120620). Yefenof et al. (1976) [PubMed 181330] found complete overlapping of EBV receptors and C3 (MIM 120700) receptors on human B lymphocytes.[supplied by OMIM