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Abstract
A salt-soluble precursor of elastin. Lysyl oxidase is instrumental in converting it to elastin in connective tissue.
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- Tropoelastin b
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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
a protein precursor; /biosyn /physiol permitted
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History Note
91(77); was see under ELASTIN 1977-90
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Previous Indexing
- Elastin (1966-1976)
- Protein Precursors (1973-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tropoelastin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014333. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014333
- Tropoelastin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropoelastin
- Tropoelastin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7846255