PLVAP explained

Plasmalemma vesicle-associated protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLVAP gene.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Stan RV, Ghitescu L, Jacobson BS, Palade GE . Isolation, Cloning, and Localization of Rat PV-1, a Novel Endothelial Caveolar Protein . J. Cell Biol. . 145 . 6 . 1189–98 . 1999 . 10366592 . 10.1083/jcb.145.6.1189 . 2133139 .
• Hnasko R, McFarland M, Ben-Jonathan N . Distribution and characterization of plasmalemma vesicle protein-1 in rat endocrine glands . J. Endocrinol. . 175 . 3 . 649–61 . 2003 . 12475376 . 10.1677/joe.0.1750649 . 10.1.1.322.5434 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, etal . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . free .
• Stan RV, Tkachenko E, Niesman IR . PV1 Is a Key Structural Component for the Formation of the Stomatal and Fenestral Diaphragms . Mol. Biol. Cell . 15 . 8 . 3615–30 . 2005 . 15155804 . 10.1091/mbc.E03-08-0593 . 491823 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Strickland LA, Jubb AM, Hongo JA, etal . Plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein (PLVAP) is expressed by tumour endothelium and is upregulated by vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF) . J. Pathol. . 206 . 4 . 466–75 . 2005 . 15971170 . 10.1002/path.1805 . 45045679 .
• Carson-Walter EB, Hampton J, Shue E, etal . Plasmalemmal vesicle associated protein-1 is a novel marker implicated in brain tumor angiogenesis . Clin. Cancer Res. . 11 . 21 . 7643–50 . 2006 . 16278383 . 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-1099 . free .

Notes and References

1. Stan RV, Arden KC, Palade GE . cDNA and protein sequence, genomic organization, and analysis of cis regulatory elements of mouse and human PLVAP genes . Genomics . 72 . 3 . 304–13 . Jun 2001 . 11401446 . 10.1006/geno.2000.6489 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: PLVAP plasmalemma vesicle associated protein.