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

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Collagen Type VIII  

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Entry terms

  • Collagen, Type VIII
  • Type VIII Collagen

Note

  • precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

Scope note

  • A non-fibrillar collagen originally found in DESCEMET MEMBRANE. It is expressed in endothelial cell layers and in tissues undergoing active remodeling. It is heterotrimer comprised of alpha1(VIII) and alpha2(VIII) chains.

History note

  • 2002; use COLLAGEN 1985-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D024102

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