MAP2

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MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2, abbreviated MAP2,[1] is a common immunostain used in neuropathology and pulmonary pathology. It's expression is associated with neuronal, glial or neuroendocrine differentiation

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  1. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 157130
  2. Kalcheva, N.; Albala, J.; O'Guin, K.; Rubino, H.; Garner, C.; Shafit-Zagardo, B. (Nov 1995). "Genomic structure of human microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2) and characterization of additional MAP-2 isoforms.". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92 (24): 10894-8. PMID 7479905.
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  10. Liu, Y.; Mangini, J.; Saad, R.; Silverman, AR.; Abell, E.; Tung, MY.; Graner, SR.; Silverman, JF. (Dec 2003). "Diagnostic value of microtubule-associated protein-2 in Merkel cell carcinoma.". Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 11 (4): 326-9. PMID 14663358.