Medical Definition of Desmoplakin
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| Proteins isolated from desmosomes. Types I (240 kD) and II (210 kD) are long flexible rod like molecules about 100nm long made of two polypeptide chains in parallel. Desmoplakin III is smaller 81 kD).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Desmoplakin
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