Plakophilin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plakophilin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.
Word Forms
- plakophilins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plakoglobin, desmoplakin, plakin, periplakin, epiplakin, periphilin.
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