Medical Definition of Plectin
1.
Abundant protein of cytomatrix (apparent 300 kD but 466 kD on basis of cDNA sequence). Co localises with various intermediate filament proteins and may be involved in their cross linking or anchoring.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plectin
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