CSPG4( Human )
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4
Alias
HMW-MAA|MCSP|MCSPG|MEL-CSPG|MSK16|NG2
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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].