glycophorin
gly·co·phor·in (gli″ko-forґin) any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins of erythrocytes, attaching to oligosaccharides at the outer cell membrane surface and to contractile proteins (spectrin and actin) at the cytoplasmic surface; some carry blood group antigens. Defects of glycophorin C lead to in elliptocytosis, spherocytosis, and pyropoikilocytosis.
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