| Protein Name | trophoblast glycoprotein |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 7162 |
| Gene Symbol | TPBG |
| UniProt | Q13641 (TPBG_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 11 |
Description |
trophoblast glycoprotein |
| Gene Summary |
This gene encodes a leucine-rich transmembrane glycoprotein that may be involved in cell adhesion. The encoded protein is an oncofetal antigen that is specific to trophoblast cells. In adults this protein is highly expressed in many tumor cells and is associated with poor clinical outcome in numerous cancers. Alternate splicing in the 5' UTR results in multiple transcript variants that encode the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009] |
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