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Basigin

"Basigin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A widely distributed cell surface transmembrane glycoprotein characterized by extracellular IMMUNOGLOBULIN DOMAINS. It stimulates the synthesis of MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES and is found at high levels on the surface of malignant NEOPLASMS where it may play a role as a mediator of malignant cell behavior.


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