Neural cell adhesion molecule L1-like protein also known as close homolog of L1 (CHL1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHL1 gene.
CHL1 is a cell adhesion molecule closely related to the L1. In melanocytic cells CHL1 gene expression may be regulated by MITF, and can act as a helicase protein during the interphase stage of mitosis.
The protein, however, has dynamic localisation, meaning that it has not only multiple roles in the cell, but also various locations.
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- CHL1 protein, human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Human CHL1 genome location and CHL1 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
