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BPAG1

MIM.113810 6p12-p11

One of the components of the basement membrane zone of the skin is a 230- to 240-kD glycoprotein that serves as an autoantigen in the blistering disease bullous pemphigoid. BPAG1 is the only plakin family (plakins) member that shows strict keratinocyte expression.

See also:

- plakins
- BPAG2