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Also known as GMP-140, platelet activation dependent granule-external membrane protein, CD62 antigen-like family member P, granulocyte membrane protein, SELP, granule membrane protein 140kDa, PADGEM, platelet alpha-granule membrane protein

P-selectin is a type-1 transmembrane protein that in humans is encoded by the SELP gene.

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P-selectin is a type-1 transmembrane protein that in humans is encoded by the SELP gene.

P-selectin functions as a cell adhesion molecule (CAM) on the surfaces of activated endothelial cells, which line the inner surface of blood vessels, and activated platelets. In unactivated endothelial cells, it is stored in granules called Weibel-Palade bodies. In unactivated platelets P-selectin is stored in α-granules.

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