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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
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
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

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