Prominin, a novel microvilli-specific polytopic membrane protein of the apical surface of epithelial cells, is targeted to plasmalemmal protrusions of non-epithelial cells

A Weigmann, D Corbeil, A Hellwig… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Using a new mAb raised against the mouse neuroepithelium, we have identified and cDNA-
cloned prominin, an 858-amino acid-containing, 115-kDa glycoprotein. Prominin is a novel …

Selective localization of the polytopic membrane protein prominin in microvilli of epithelial cells–a combination of apical sorting and retention in plasma membrane …

D Corbeil, K Röper, MJ Hannah… - Journal of Cell …, 1999 - journals.biologists.com
Prominin is a recently identified polytopic membrane protein expressed in various epithelial
cells, where it is selectively associated with microvilli. When expressed in non-epithelial …

Rat prominin, like its mouse and human orthologues, is a pentaspan membrane glycoprotein

D Corbeil, CA Fargeas, WB Huttner - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2001 - Elsevier
Mouse prominin is the first characterized member of a novel family of membrane
glycoproteins. It displays a characteristic membrane topology with five transmembrane …

Prominin-2 is a cholesterol-binding protein associated with apical and basolateral plasmalemmal protrusions in polarized epithelial cells and released into urine

M Florek, N Bauer, P Janich… - Cell and tissue …, 2007 - Springer
Prominin-2 is a pentaspan membrane glycoprotein structurally related to the cholesterol-
binding protein prominin-1, which is expressed in epithelial and non-epithelial cells …

Characterization of prominin-2, a new member of the prominin family of pentaspan membrane glycoproteins

CA Fargeas, M Florek, WB Huttner, D Corbeil - Journal of biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Prominin/CD133 is a 115/120-kDa integral membrane glycoprotein specifically associated
with plasma membrane protrusions in epithelial and non-epithelial cells including …

Retention of prominin in microvilli reveals distinct cholesterol-based lipid micro-domains in the apical plasma membrane

K Röper, D Corbeil, WB Huttner - Nature cell biology, 2000 - nature.com
Abstract Membrane cholesterol–sphingolipid 'rafts', which are characterized by their
insolubility in the non-ionic detergent Triton X-100 in the cold, have been implicated in the …

[HTML][HTML] The intriguing links between prominin-1 (CD133), cholesterol-based membrane microdomains, remodeling of apical plasma membrane protrusions …

D Corbeil, AM Marzesco, M Wilsch-Bräuninger… - FEBS letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Prominin-1 (CD133) is a cholesterol-interacting pentaspan membrane protein concentrated
in plasma membrane protrusions. In epithelial cells, notably neuroepithelial stem cells …

Prominin: a story of cholesterol, plasma membrane protrusions and human pathology

D Corbeil, K Röper, CA Fargeas, A Joester, WB Huttner - Traffic, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Prominin is the first identified member of a novel family of polytopic membrane proteins
conserved throughout the animal kingdom. It has an unusual membrane topology …

AC133/CD133/Prominin-1

SV Shmelkov, RS Clair, D Lyden, S Rafii - The international journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Prominin-1, originally found on neuroepithelial stem cells in mice, is a five transmembrane
domain cell-surface glycoprotein that localizes to membrane protrusions. Its homologue …

[PDF][PDF] Focus on molecules: prominin-1 (CD133)

J Jászai, CA Fargeas, M Florek… - Experimental eye …, 2007 - publications.mpi-cbg.de
Prominin-1 (alias CD133, PROML1; NCBI accession number: NM_006017, human;
NM_008935, mouse; NM_021751, rat) is a membrane glycoprotein specifically associated …