"Ankyrins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of membrane-associated proteins responsible for the attachment of the cytoskeleton. Erythrocyte-related isoforms of ankyrin attach the SPECTRIN cytoskeleton to a transmembrane protein (ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE) in the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Brain-related isoforms of ankyrin also exist.
| Descriptor ID |
D017487
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.080 D12.776.543.080
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