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

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Collagen Type XVIII  

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Entry terms

  • Collagen, Type XVIII
  • Collagen XVIII
  • Collagen, XVIII
  • Type XVIII Collagen
  • XVIII Collagen

Note

  • precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

Scope note

  • A non-fibrillar collagen found in BASEMENT MEMBRANE. The C-terminal end of the alpha1 chain of collagen type XVIII contains the ENDOSTATIN peptide, which can be released by proteolytic cleavage.

History note

  • 2004; use COLLAGEN TYPE XVIII (NM) 1994-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D043170

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