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To clone the CD63 antigen, originally described as a blood platelet activation marker, we adapted the expression cloning procedure of Seed and Aruffo (Seed, B., and Aruffo, A. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. A. 84, 3365-3369) to allow cloning of intracellular antigens. A megakaryocyte expression cDNA library was transiently transfected into MOP-8 mouse fibroblasts cultured on polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Individual cells expressing intracellular CD63 were identified by autoradiography. cDNA was extracted from positive spots and reintroduced into Escherichia coli. After two screening rounds, a CD63 cDNA clone was isolated as assessed by immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis. The single long open reading frame of 238 amino acids contained four putative transmembrane regions and three N-glycosylation sites. The CD63 gene was expressed in a wide variety of cells. Surprisingly, CD63 …