Gene: [03p21/DAG1] dystroglycan 1 (dystrophin-associated glycoprotein 1, 43kD/156kD);

FUN

Dystroglycan is a dual receptor for agrin (GEM:01p3/AGRN) and laminin 2 (composed of the alpha 2 (GEM:06q2/LAMA2), beta 1 (GEM:07q22/LAMB1), and gamma 1 (GEM:01q31/LAMC1) laminin chains) in the Schwann cell membrane (Yamada-1996)."

REF

CLO,SEQ,GEN,TIS,LOC "Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya O &: Hum Mol Genet, 2, 1651-1657, 1993
CLO,SEQ,GEN,TIS,LOC "Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya O &: AJHG, 51, A130-130, 1992a
CLO,SEQ,STR "Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya O &: Nature, 355, 696-702, 1992b
REV "Tinsley JM &: PNAS, 91, 8307-8313, 1994
FUN "Yamada H &: JBC, 271, 23418-23423, 1996

KEY

mem, myo, cysk

CLA

coding, basic

LOC

03 p21

MIM

MIM: 128239