ABCB5

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ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B (MDR/TAP), member 5
Identifiers
Symbol ABCB5
Entrez 340273
HUGO 46
RefSeq NM_178559
UniProt Q2M3G0
Other data
Locus Chr. 7 p14

ABCB5 [ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily B (MDR/TAP) Member 5] is a human ABC transporter and P-glycoprotein family member principally expressed in physiological skin and human malignant melanoma.

ABCB5 regulates skin progenitor cell fusion and mediates chemotherapeutic drug resistance in stem-like tumor cell subpopulations in human malignant melanoma.[citation needed]

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