Structured Summary
Abstract
A fibril-associated collagen found in many tissues bearing high tensile stress, such as TENDONS and LIGAMENTS. It is comprised of a trimer of three identical alpha1(XII) chains.
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- Type XII Collagen
- Collagen, Type XII
- Collagen Type XII, alpha1 Chain
- Collagen Type XII, alpha1 Subunit
- Collagen alpha1(XII)
- Procollagen Type XII
- Type XII Procollagen
- Procollagen, Type XII
- Type XII, Procollagen
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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 1992-2001
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Previous Indexing
- Collagen (1987-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Collagen Type XII. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D024082. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D024082
- Collagen Type XII. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21106783