Gene: CSPG4

Alternate names for this Gene: CSPG4A|HMW-MAA|MCSP|MCSPG|MEL-CSPG|MSK16|NG2

Gene Summary: A human melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a role in stabilizing cell-substratum interactions during early events of melanoma cell spreading on endothelial basement membranes. CSPG4 represents an integral membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human malignant melanoma cells.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 15

Location in Chromosome : 15q24.2

Description of this Gene: chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4

Type of Gene: protein-coding