Medical Definition of Sialophorin
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CD43, (sialophorin) Widely distributed membrane associated mucin, the major sialoglycoprotein of thymocytes and mature T-cells. Transmembrane protein with extensive O linked glycosylation (75-85 oligosaccharides on the 239 residue extracellular domain). Extends at least 45nm beyond plasma membrane. Similar but not homologous to episialin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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