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Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Proteoglycans > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Proteoglycans > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Proteoglycans > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Glycosaminoglycans > Heparitin Sulfate > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

Preferred term

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan
  • HSPG
  • Proteoglycan, Heparan Sulfate
  • Proteoheparan Sulfate

Note

  • do not confuse with HEPARAN SULFATE see HEPARITIN SULFATE

Scope note

  • Ubiquitous macromolecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix of a wide range of cells of vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. They are essential cofactors in cell-matrix adhesion processes, in cell-cell recognition systems, and in receptor-growth factor interactions. (From Cancer Metastasis Rev 1996; 15(2): 177-86; Hepatology 1996; 24(3): 524-32)

History note

  • 2006(1982)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019812

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