Medical Definition of Epithelial membrane antigen

1. Heavily glycosylated membrane glycoprotein. Encoded by the MUC 1 gene, has a molecular weight of around 300 kD, more than half of which is O linked glycan. There is a 69 residue cytoplasmic domain and the extracellular domain may extend hundreds of nanometres beyond the plasma membrane, the increased expression in carcinoma cells may reduce the adhesion and mask antigenic properties of the cells. Similar functions are ascribed to ASGP, epiglycanin and leucosialin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epithelial Membrane Antigen

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Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans
Epistle to Philemon
Epistle to Titus
Epistle to the Colossians
Epistle to the Ephesians
Epistle to the Galatians
Epistle to the Hebrews
Epistle to the Philippians
Epistle to the Romans
Epithelial membrane antigen (current term)
Epona
Epsilon Aurigae
Epsilon Pegasi
Epsom salts
Epstein
Epstein's disease
Epstein's pearls
Epstein's sign
Epstein's symptom
Epstein-Barr virus
Eptesicus
Eptesicus fuscus
Eptesicus serotinus

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