Chemicals and Drugs

Collagen Type II

A fibrillar collagen found predominantly in CARTILAGE and vitreous humor. It consists of three identical alpha1(II) chains.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A fibrillar collagen found predominantly in CARTILAGE and vitreous humor. It consists of three identical alpha1(II) chains.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Type II Collagen
  • Collagen, Type II
  • Collagen Type II, alpha1 Chain
  • Collagen Type II, alpha1 Subunit
  • Collagen alpha1(II)
  • Procollagen Type II
  • Type II Procollagen
  • Procollagen, Type II

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)

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History Note

2002; use COLLAGEN 1990-2001; for PROCOLLAGEN TYPE II use PROCOLLAGEN 1982-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Collagen (1977-2001)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D05.750w.078w.280w.300.200w
  2. D12.776w.860w.300.250w.300.200w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Collagen Type II. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D024043. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D024043
  2. Collagen Type II. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_II_collagen
  3. Collagen Type II. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14877666