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Facts about Mesothelin.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MSLN |
Uniprot: | Q13421 |
Entrez: | 10232 |
Belongs to: |
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mesothelin family |
CAK1 antigen; CAK1; megakaryocyte potentiating factor; Mesothelin; MPF; MPFSMRP; MSLN; Pre-pro-megakaryocyte-potentiating factor; SMR; soluble MPF mesothelin related protein
Mass (kDA):
68.986 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 16p13.3 |
Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (760734..768865) |
Expressed in lung. Expressed at low levels in heart, placenta and kidney. Expressed in mesothelial cells. Highly expressed in mesotheliomas, ovarian cancers, and some squamous cell carcinomas (at protein level).
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor. Golgi apparatus.; [Megakaryocyte-potentiating factor]: Secreted.; [Isoform 3]: Secreted.
PMID: 7665620 by Kojima T., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of megakaryocyte potentiating factor cDNA.
PMID: 8552591 by Chang K., et al. Molecular cloning of mesothelin, a differentiation antigen present on mesothelium, mesotheliomas, and ovarian cancers.