"Integrin alphaV" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D039564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.408.100.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Integrin alphaV- Integrin alphaV
- alphaV, Integrin
- alpha(V) Integrin
- Integrin alpha V
- alpha V, Integrin
- CD51 Antigens
- alphav Integrin
- Integrin, alphav
- Antigens, CD51
- CD51 Antigen
- Antigen, CD51
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