ABCB5 [ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily B (MDR/TAP) Member 5] is a human ABC transporter and P-glycoprotein family member principally expressed in physiological skin and human malignant melanoma.

ABCB5 regulates skin progenitor cell fusion and mediates chemotherapeutic drug resistance in stem-like tumor cell subpopulations in human malignant melanoma.^{[citation needed]}

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• MeSH ABCB5+protein,+human

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