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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Laminin
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Laminin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Laminin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Scleroproteins > Extracellular Matrix Proteins > Laminin

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Laminin  

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  • Glycoprotein GP 2
  • Glycoprotein GP-2

Note

  • an extracellular matrix protein; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Large, noncollagenous glycoprotein with antigenic properties. It is localized in the basement membrane lamina lucida and functions to bind epithelial cells to the basement membrane. Evidence suggests that the protein plays a role in tumor invasion.

History note

  • 84

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007797

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