Tropoelastin

"Tropoelastin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A salt-soluble precursor of elastin. Lysyl oxidase is instrumental in converting it to elastin in connective tissue.

Descriptor ID	D014333
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.811.850 D12.776.860.300.350.700
Concept/Terms	Tropoelastin Tropoelastin Tropoelastin b Tropoelastin b

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Protein Precursors [D12.776.811]
Tropoelastin [D12.776.811.850]
Scleroproteins [D12.776.860]
Extracellular Matrix Proteins [D12.776.860.300]
Elastin [D12.776.860.300.350]
Tropoelastin [D12.776.860.300.350.700]

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