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Plakin
Plakins: family of seven giant cytolinker proteins (BPAG1, MACF1, plectin, desmoplakin, envoplakin, periplakin, epiplakin) crosslinking actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments to cell junctions; mutations cause skin and muscle diseases.
Plakoglobin
Plakoglobin (junction plakoglobin, gamma-catenin), encoded by JUP on chromosome 17, is an armadillo-family protein in desmosomes and adherens junctions of heart and skin; JUP mutations cause Naxos disease, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, and lethal congenital epidermolysis bullosa.
Plakophilin-2
Plakophilin-2 (PKP2), also called plakophilin 2, is an 881-amino-acid desmosomal armadillo-repeat protein encoded at 12p11 and the main cardiac plakophilin; PKP2 loss-of-function mutations are the leading cause of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Plakoto fort
Plakoto fort (Πλακωτό), a Classical-Hellenistic watchtower and small fort NE of Magoula, West Attica, guarding the Boeotia route into the Thriasian plain; round tower, 25x33 m enclosure, three gateways, part of Athens' signal network.
Plamak
Plamak (Пламък, "Flame") is a Bulgarian literary magazine founded in Sofia in 1924 by the poet Geo Milev, suppressed in 1925 and revived in 1957.
Plame affair
The Plame affair, also called the CIA leak scandal or Plamegate, was the 2003 disclosure of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity by columnist Robert Novak after her husband Joseph Wilson challenged Iraq uranium claims, leading to the Libby perjury conviction.
Plamen Atanassov
Plamen Atanassov is a Bulgarian-trained American electrochemist and Chancellor's Professor at UC Irvine, known for iron–nitrogen–carbon fuel cell catalysts and elected president-elect of the International Society of Electrochemistry in 2025.
Plamen Zhelyazkov
Plamen Zhelyazkov (Пламен Димитров Желязков), Bulgarian weightlifter born 1972 in Asenovgrad; 1998 world lightweight champion, 1996 Olympic fourth-place finisher, and setter of five world records in snatch and total, 1998–2002.
Plamuk Oil and Gas Field
Plamuk Oil and Gas Field (ปลาหมึก, Thai for "squid") is an offshore oil and gas field in the Gulf of Thailand, discovered in 1996 and operated by Chevron.
Plan
A plan is a mental or formal representation of a sequence of actions meant to achieve a goal, a basic component of intelligent behavior in people and machines.
Plan 75 (PLAN 75)
Plan 75 (PLAN 75, プラン75) is Chie Hayakawa's 2022 debut feature, a dystopian drama about a Japanese government program of voluntary euthanasia for people 75 and older; it won the Caméra d'Or Special Mention at Cannes 2022 and was Japan's 2023 Oscar entry.
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs, also called Plan Nine from Bell Labs, is a distributed research operating system developed at Bell Labs from the late 1980s.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space (aka Grave Robbers from Outer Space) is Ed Wood's 1959 black-and-white sci-fi film about aliens resurrecting the dead, famous as the Golden Turkey Awards' Worst Film of All Time and a so-bad-it's-good cult classic.
Plan B (2024 film)
Plan B (2024) is an American romantic comedy directed by Brandon Tamburri, starring Jamie Lee and Jon Heder, about a pregnant woman passing her baby off as a businessman's; released by Quiver, distinct from the French sci-fi Planet B.
Plan B (musician)
Plan B is the stage name of Ben Drew (born 1983), an English rapper, soul singer, actor, and film director from Forest Gate, London, known for Who Needs Actions When You Got Words and The Defamation of Strickland Banks.
Plan B Entertainment
Plan B Entertainment: American independent film and TV production company founded by Brad Pitt (with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Grey) in 2001, Beverly Hills; three Best Picture Oscars (The Departed, 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight); majority stake sold to Mediawan in 2022.
Plan de Ayala
The Plan de Ayala was a revolutionary proclamation issued in November 1911 by Emiliano Zapata and Otilio Montaño, demanding land restitution and the expropriation of haciendas.
Plan de Ayutla
The Plan de Ayutla was a Mexican proclamation of March 1, 1854, by Colonel Florencio Villarreal at Ayutla, Guerrero, demanding President Santa Anna's removal and an interim president to summon a constituent congress.
Plan de Iguala
The Plan de Iguala, also known as the Plan de las Tres Garantías, was proclaimed by Agustín de Iturbide in 1821, establishing the terms of Mexican independence from Spain.
Plan de Tuxtepec
The Plan de Tuxtepec was a Mexican revolutionary plan proclaimed at Ojitlán, Oaxaca, on 10 January 1876, demanding no-reelection and repudiating President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.
Plan for Development and Operation (Norway)
A plan for development and operation (PDO, Norwegian plan for utbygging og drift) is the document Norwegian petroleum licensees must submit for approval before developing a deposit.
Plan for Pacifying the Borders (Pingbian ce)
The Plan for Pacifying the Borders (Pingbian ce, 平边策) is a strategy memorial by Wang Pu to Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, ranking reunification targets south first.
Plan of Agua Prieta
The Plan of Agua Prieta (Plan de Agua Prieta) was a 1920 proclamation by Sonoran revolutionaries repudiating President Venustiano Carranza, toppling his regime within a month.
Plan of Casa Mata
The Plan of Casa Mata (Plan de Casa Mata) was a Mexican pronouncement proclaimed in February 1823 at Veracruz, rejecting Iturbide's empire and demanding a new Congress.
Plan of Guadalupe
The Plan of Guadalupe (Plan de Guadalupe) is a seven-article proclamation issued by Venustiano Carranza in Coahuila, Mexico, on 26 March 1913, refusing to recognize Victoriano Huerta as president.
Plan of San Luis Potosí
The Plan of San Luis Potosí (Plan de San Luis Potosí) is the 1910 manifesto by Francisco I. Madero declaring the Mexican elections null and calling Mexicans to arms.
Plan S
Plan S is an open access publishing initiative launched September 2018 by cOAlition S, requiring immediate open access, CC BY licensing, and no embargo for funded research from 2021, via three compliance routes.
Plan Z
Plan Z, the German navy's (Kriegsmarine) fleet construction program developed under Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, was given top priority by Hitler in January 1939 and abandoned at the war's outbreak.
Plan-and-execute agents
A plan-and-execute agent is an AI agent architecture in which a planner model breaks a goal into steps, an executor carries them out, and a replanner revises on failure.
Planaltina, Federal District
Planaltina (RA VI), Federal District, Brazil: oldest administrative region, founded 1859 as Mestre d'Armas; Pedra Fundamental 1922; 991.99 km², 186,498 inhabitants, 42 km from Brasília; distinct from Planaltina de Goiás.