"Plakins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D051179
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.220.790
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| Concept/Terms |
Plakins- Plakins
- Cytoskeletal Adaptor Proteins
- Adaptor Proteins, Cytoskeletal
- Cytoskeletal Linker Proteins
- Cytolinker Proteins
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plakins" by people in Profiles.
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Keratins and the plakin family cytolinker proteins control the length of epithelial microridge protrusions. Elife. 2020 09 07; 9.
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Cholestasis induces reversible accumulation of periplakin in mouse liver. BMC Gastroenterol. 2013 Jul 13; 13:116.
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Biomechanical stress induces novel arterial intima-enriched genes: implications for vascular adaptation to stress. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 Mar-Apr; 19(2):e13-20.
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Selectivity and functional consequences of interactions of family A G protein-coupled receptors with neurochondrin and periplakin. J Neurochem. 2009 Apr; 109(1):182-92.
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Periplakin interactions with lens intermediate and beaded filaments. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Mar; 50(3):1283-9.