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

Preferred term

Collagen Type VI  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Collagen, Intima
  • Collagen, Type VI
  • Intima Collagen
  • Type VI Collagen
  • Type VI (Intima) Collagen

Note

  • precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

Scope note

  • A non-fibrillar collagen that forms a network of MICROFIBRILS within the EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. The alpha subunits of collagen type VI assemble into antiparallel, overlapping dimers which then align to form tetramers.

History note

  • 2002; use COLLAGEN 1990-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D024142

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