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Preferred term

Uteroglobin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Blastokinin
  • Clara Cell Secretory Protein
  • Clara Cell Specific Protein
  • Clara Cell-Specific Protein
  • Secretoglobin, Family 1A, Member 1

Scope note

  • A steroid-inducible protein that was originally identified in uterine fluid. It is a secreted homodimeric protein with identical 70-amino acid subunits that are joined in an antiparallel orientation by two disulfide bridges. A variety of activities are associated with uteroglobin including the sequestering of hydrophobic ligands and the inhibition of SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2.

History note

  • 1991(1975)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014598

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