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Facts about Placenta-specific protein 1.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PLAC1 |
Uniprot: | Q9HBJ0 |
Entrez: | 10761 |
Belongs to: |
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PLAC1 family |
cancer/testis antigen 92; CT92; OOSP2B; OOSP2L; PLAC1; placenta-specific 1; placenta-specific protein 1
Mass (kDA):
23.616 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | Xq26.3 |
Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (134565838..134764322, complement) |
Expressed in placenta. Localizes primarily to differentiated syncytiotrophoblast throughout gestation as well as to a small population of villous cytotrophoblasts. Also detected in maternal blood and rapidly disappears following delivery, but is not detected in other adult or fetal tissues examined.
Secreted.
PMID: 10995572 by Cocchia M., et al. PLAC1, an Xq26 gene with placenta-specific expression.
PMID: 12412044 by Fant M., et al. PLAC1, a trophoblast-specific gene, is expressed throughout pregnancy in the human placenta and modulated by keratinocyte growth factor.