title: Specific tetraspanin functions.
abstract: Relatively little attention has been given to the large family of abundantly expressed transmembrane proteins known as tetraspanins. Now, the importance of tetraspanins is strongly supported by emerging genetic evidence, coupled with new insights into the biochemistry and functions of tetraspanin protein complexes.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hemler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology; D059470:Tetraspanins
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C512650:TSPAN2 protein, human; D059470:Tetraspanins; C435756:Tspan5 protein, mouse