MeSH definition : A family of mammalian membrane glycoproteins characterized by extracellular IMMUNOGLOBULIN
DOMAINS. Some members also have an intracellular B30.2-SPRY DOMAIN or SPRY DOMAIN.
The butyrophilin protein (BTN) is expressed by MAMMARY GLAND EPITHELIUM during LACTATION;
whereas other members are widely expressed in other tissues, including skeletal muscle,
intestine, ERYTHROID CELLS (ERMAP protein); and nerve tissue (MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE
GLYCOPROTEIN).;
A family of mammalian membrane glycoproteins characterized by extracellular IMMUNOGLOBULIN
DOMAINS. Some members also have an intracellular B30.2-SPRY DOMAIN or SPRY DOMAIN.
The butyrophilin protein (BTN) is expressed by MAMMARY GLAND EPITHELIUM during LACTATION;
whereas other members are widely expressed in other tissues, including skeletal muscle,
intestine, ERYTHROID CELLS (ERMAP protein); and nerve tissue (MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE
GLYCOPROTEIN).