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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Collagen > Fibrillar Collagens > Collagen Type III
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Collagen > Fibrillar Collagens > Collagen Type III
... > Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Collagen > Fibrillar Collagens > Collagen Type III
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Scleroproteins > Extracellular Matrix Proteins > Collagen > Fibrillar Collagens > Collagen Type III

Preferred term

Collagen Type III  

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Entry terms

  • Collagen, Type III
  • Type III Collagen

Note

  • precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

Scope note

  • A fibrillar collagen consisting of three identical alpha1(III) chains that is widely distributed in many tissues containing COLLAGEN TYPE I. It is particularly abundant in BLOOD VESSELS and may play a role in tissues with elastic characteristics.

History note

  • 2002; use COLLAGEN 1990-2001; for PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III use PROCOLLAGEN 1990-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D024061

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