NCBI Accession #
NP_176486.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_104976.5
NCBI Official Full Name
expansin A18
NCBI Official Symbol
EXPA18
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATEXP18; ATEXPA18; ATHEXP ALPHA 1.25; EXP18; EXPANSIN 18; expansin A18; F16P17.14; F16P17_14
NCBI Protein Information
expansin A18
NCBI Summary
Alpha-expansin 18. Naming convention from the Expansin Working Group (Kende et al, 2004. Plant Mol Bio)
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
EXP18; AtEXPA18; At-EXP18; AtEx18
UniProt Protein Name
Expansin-A18
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Alpha-expansin-18; At-EXP18; AtEx18; Ath-ExpAlpha-1.25
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9LQ07
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9LQ07
UniProt Comments
Causes loosening and extension of plant cell walls by disrupting non-covalent bonding between cellulose microfibrils and matrix glucans. No enzymatic activity has been found .