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Description

Desmin is the protein subunit of muscle-type intermediate filaments (IFs). Desmin is one of the five major groups of IFs and is found predominantly in skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle.DE-U-10 labels desmin in tumors derived from muscle tissue (leiomyomas and rhabdomyosarcomas) (Debus E et al.).

Bioinformatics

Entrez	13346 Mouse 1674 Human 64362 Rat
Uniprot	NM_001927 Human NP_001918 Human NP_001918.3 Human P17661 Human
Product By Gene ID	1674
Alternate Names	CMD1IFLJ41013 CSM1 CSM2 desmin FLJ12025 FLJ39719 FLJ41793 intermediate filament protein

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