desmoglein 3|Desmosomes are cell-cell junctions between epithelial, myocardial, and certain other cell types. Desmoglein 3 is a calcium-binding transmembrane glycoprotein component of desmosomes in vertebrate epithelial cells. Currently, three desmoglein subfamily members have been identified and all are members of the cadherin cell adhesion molecule superfamily. These desmoglein gene family members are located in a cluster on chromosome 18. This protein has been identified as the autoantigen of the autoimmune skin blistering disease pemphigus vulgaris. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 1830)
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14 genes co-occuring with the biological term dsg3 in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
