Description
Product Characteristics:
May be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. Has a cell-proliferation inhibition activity in vitro.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: PRO232, Prostate stem cell antigen, PSCA, UNQ26/PRO232
Target Information: This gene encodes a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell membrane glycoprotein. In addition to being highly expressed in the prostate it is also expressed in the bladder, placenta, colon, kidney, and stomach. This gene is up-regulated in a large proportion of prostate cancers and is also detected in cancers of the bladder and pancreas. This gene includes a polymorphism that results in an upstream start codon in some individuals\, this polymorphism is thought to be associated with a risk for certain gastric and bladder cancers. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2010]