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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Immunologic > Integrins > Integrin alpha Chains > Integrin alphaV

Preferred term

Integrin alphaV  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • alpha V, Integrin
  • alpha(V) Integrin
  • alphav Integrin
  • Antigen, CD51
  • Antigens, CD51
  • CD51 Antigen
  • CD51 Antigens
  • Integrin alpha V
  • Integrin, alphav

Note

  • "V" in alphaV is the letter not the roman numeral

Scope note

  • An alpha integrin with a molecular weight of 160-kDa that is found in a variety of cell types. It undergoes posttranslational cleavage into a heavy and a light chain that are connected by disulfide bonds. Integrin alphaV can combine with several different beta subunits to form heterodimers that generally bind to RGD sequence-containing extracellular matrix proteins.

History note

  • 2003; use INTEGRIN ALPHAV (NM) 1994-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D039564

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