expressed by stromal fibroblasts of epithelial cancers; a large, gelatin-degrading membrane protease complex, may be a marker for melanoma cell invasiveness; GenBank U09278
Also Known As:
FAP protein, human; FAPalpha; Fap protein, mouse; fibroblast activation protein, alpha, human; fibroblast activation protein, human; fibroblast activation protein, mouse; fibroblast activation protein-alpha; fibroblast proliferation factor, human; fibroblast-activating factor, human; seprase; seprase protein, mouse; surface expressed protease