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Preferred term

Tenascin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Cytotactin
  • Hexabrachion
  • Tenascin C
  • Tenascin-C

Scope note

  • Hexameric extracellular matrix glycoprotein transiently expressed in many developing organs and often re-expressed in tumors. It is present in the central and peripheral nervous systems as well as in smooth muscle and tendons. (From Kreis & Vale, Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins, 1993, p93)

History note

  • 96; was TENASCIN (NM) 1986-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019063

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