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Designing a Western blot for HSPG2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the HSPG2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for HSPG2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the HSPG2 IHC GuideFacts about Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein.
It functions as an attachment substrate for cells. Plays essential roles in vascularization.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HSPG2 |
| Uniprot: | P98160 |
| Entrez: | 3339 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein; endorepellin (domain V region); Endorepellin; heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2; HSPG; HSPG2; perlecan proteoglycan; Perlecan; PLCSchwartz-Jampel syndrome 1 (chondrodystrophic myotonia); PRCAN; SJA; SJS; SJS1
Mass (kDA):
468.83 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p36.12 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (21822244..21937310, complement) |
Found in the basement membranes.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane.





PMID: 1730768 by Kallunki P., et al. Human basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein: a 467-kD protein containing multiple domains resembling elements of the low density lipoprotein receptor, laminin, neural cell adhesion molecules, and epidermal growth factor.
PMID: 8234307 by Cohen I.R., et al. Structural characterization of the complete human perlecan gene and its promoter.
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