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Ankyrins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ankyrin

Note

  • membrane proteins; from the Greek word for anchor with ref to their role in attachment of the cytoskeleton; /drug eff /ultrastruct permitted

Scope note

  • A family of membrane-associated proteins responsible for the attachment of the cytoskeleton. Erythrocyte-related isoforms of ankyrin attach the SPECTRIN cytoskeleton to a transmembrane protein (ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE) in the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Brain-related isoforms of ankyrin also exist.

History note

  • 93; was ANKYRIN (NM) 1979-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017487

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