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Plakins
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Definition
: A family of related proteins that associate with cytoskeletal elements and junctional complexes at INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS. Plakins share a common plakin domain or a plakin repeat domain.
Examples
Desmoplakins
;
Plectin
Other names
Cytolinker Proteins; Adaptor Proteins, Cytoskeletal; Cytoskeletal Linker Proteins; Cytoskeletal Adaptor Proteins
Substance
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MACF1 protein, zebrafish
0
*Plakins
*Zebrafish Proteins.
PLoS Genet 2010;6(8):e1001073
PPL protein, human
0
*Plakins
Desmosomes.
Ppl protein, mouse
0
*Plakins
Desmosomes.
J Cell Biol 1997 Dec 29;139(7):1835-49