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Epiplakin

Introduction

Epiplakin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPPK1 gene.[1][2][3]

References

References

  1. ↑ Fujiwara S, Takeo N, Otani Y, Parry DA, Kunimatsu M, Lu R, Sasaki M, Matsuo N, Khaleduzzaman M, Yoshioka H (Apr 2001). “Epiplakin, a novel member of the Plakin family originally identified as a 450-kDa human epidermal autoantigen. Structure and tissue localization”. J Biol Chem. 276 (16): 13340–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M011386200. PMID 11278896.
  2. ↑ Jang SI, Kalinin A, Takahashi K, Marekov LN, Steinert PM (Feb 2005). “Characterization of human epiplakin: RNAi-mediated epiplakin depletion leads to the disruption of keratin and vimentin IF networks”. J Cell Sci. 118 (Pt 4): 781–93. doi:10.1242/jcs.01647. PMID 15671067.
  3. ↑ “Entrez Gene: EPPK1 epiplakin 1”.
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