Definition of Plakophilin. Meaning of Plakophilin. Synonyms of Plakophilin

- Plakophilin are proteins of the cytoskeleton. They are involved in regulating the adhesive activity of cadherin. The three types of plakophilin proteins...
- Plakophilin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PKP2 gene. Plakophilin 2 is expressed in skin and cardiac muscle, where it functions to link...
- Plakophilin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PKP1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the arm-repeat (armadillo) and plakophilin gene families...
- p120-catenin, plakoglobin (γ-catenin), and plakophilins 1-3. In desmosomes, plakoglobin and plakophilin help to anchor desmoplakin and keratin filaments...
- Plakophilin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PKP4 gene. Armadillo-like proteins are characterized by a series of armadillo repeats, first...
- Plakophilin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PKP3 gene. This gene encodes a member of the arm-repeat (armadillo) and plakophilin gene families...
- Skin fragility syndrome (also known as "plakophilin 1 deficiency") is a cutaneous condition characterized by trauma-induced blisters and erosions. It...
- therapy for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy caused by mutations to the plakophilin-2 gene. It is delivered via adeno-****ociated virus and was developed...
- 2007). "A unique and specific interaction between alphaT-catenin and plakophilin-2 in the area composita, the mixed-type junctional structure of cardiac...
- McDermott DA, et al. (November 2004). "Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy". Nature...