Plakin Explained

A plakin is a protein that associates with junctional complexes and the cytoskeleton.

Types include desmoplakin, envoplakin, periplakin, plectin, bullous pemphigoid antigen 1, corneodesmosin, and microtubule actin cross-linking factor.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: William B. Coleman. Gregory J. Tsongalis. Molecular pathology: the molecular basis of human disease. 29 December 2010. 2009. Academic Press. 978-0-12-374419-7. 531–.