Plakin
A plakin is a protein that associates with junctional complexes and the cytoskeleton.[1]
Types include desmoplakin, envoplakin, periplakin, plectin, bullous pemphigoid antigen 1, corneodesmosin, and microtubule actin cross-linking factor.[2]
References[]
- ^ Plakins at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ^ William B. Coleman; Gregory J. Tsongalis (2009). Molecular pathology: the molecular basis of human disease. Academic Press. pp. 531–. ISBN 978-0-12-374419-7. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
Categories:
- Plakins
- Protein families
- Protein stubs