LAD1

This article is about the gene. For the disease, see Leukocyte adhesion deficiency-1.
Ladinin 1
Identifiers
Symbols LAD1 ; LadA
External IDs OMIM: 602314 MGI: 109343 HomoloGene: 4059 GeneCards: LAD1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3898 16763
Ensembl ENSG00000159166 ENSMUSG00000041782
UniProt O00515 P57016
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005558 NM_133664
RefSeq (protein) NP_005549 NP_598425
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
201.37 – 201.4 Mb
Chr 1:
135.82 – 135.83 Mb
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Ladinin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAD1 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene may be an anchoring filament that is a component of basement membranes. It may contribute to the stability of the association of the epithelial layers with the underlying mesenchyme.[3]

References

  1. Marinkovich MP, Taylor TB, Keene DR, Burgeson RE, Zone JJ (Jun 1996). "LAD-1, the linear IgA bullous dermatosis autoantigen, is a novel 120-kDa anchoring filament protein synthesized by epidermal cells". J Invest Dermatol 106 (4): 734–8. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12345782. PMID 8618013.
  2. Motoki K, Megahed M, LaForgia S, Uitto J (Apr 1997). "Cloning and chromosomal mapping of mouse ladinin, a novel basement membrane zone component". Genomics 39 (3): 323–30. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4507. PMID 9119369.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LAD1 ladinin 1".

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