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Facts about Laminin subunit alpha-2.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | LAMA2 |
| Uniprot: | P24043 |
| Entrez: | 3908 |

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

LAMA2; Laminin alpha 2; Laminin M chain; laminin subunit alpha-2; laminin, alpha 2; Laminin-12 subunit alpha; Laminin-2 subunit alpha; LAMM; LAMMLaminin-4 subunit alpha; Merosin heavy chain; Merosin
Mass (kDA):
343.905 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6q22.33 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (128883138..129516566) |
Placenta, striated muscle, peripheral nerve, cardiac muscle, pancreas, lung, spleen, kidney, adrenal gland, skin, testis, meninges, choroid plexus, and some other regions of the brain; not in liver, thymus and bone.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane. Major component.




PMID: 8294519 by Vuolteenaho R., et al. Human laminin M chain (merosin): complete primary structure, chromosomal assignment, and expression of the M and A chain in human fetal tissues.
PMID: 8910357 by Zhang X., et al. Structure of the human laminin alpha2-chain gene (LAMA2), which is affected in congenital muscular dystrophy.
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