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Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Proteoglycans > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Proteoglycans > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Glycosaminoglycans > Heparitin Sulfate > Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

Preferred term

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Ubiquitous macromolecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix of a wide range of cells of vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. They are essential cofactors in cell-matrix adhesion processes, in cell-cell recognition systems, and in receptor-growth factor interactions. (From Cancer Metastasis Rev 1996; 15(2): 177-86; Hepatology 1996; 24(3): 524-32)

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Entry terms

  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan
  • HSPG
  • Proteoheparan Sulfate

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L2QSG343-S

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