"Lipocalins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A diverse family of extracellular proteins that bind to small hydrophobic molecules. They were originally characterized as transport proteins, however they may have additional roles such as taking part in the formation of macromolecular complexes with other proteins and binding to CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054834
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.469
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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