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Descriptor English: Tropocollagen
Descriptor Spanish: Tropocolágeno
Descriptor tropocolágeno
Scope note: Unidad molecular de las fibrillas de colágeno que está formada por unidades polipeptídicas de tres filamentos ordenadas de cabeza a cola en haces paralelos. Es una triple hélice hacia la derecha (en sentido horario) compuesta por dos cadenas polipeptídicas. Es rica en glicina, prolina, hidroxiprolina e hidroxilisina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tropocolágeno
Descriptor French: Tropocollagène
Tree number(s): D12.776.860.300.250.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014332
Scope note: The molecular unit of collagen fibrils that consist of repeating three-stranded polypeptide units arranged head to tail in parallel bundles. It is a right-handed triple helix composed of 2 polypeptide chains. It is rich in glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Collagen (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 29570
Unique ID: D014332
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Tropocollagen - Preferred
Concept UI M0022037
Scope note The molecular unit of collagen fibrils that consist of repeating three-stranded polypeptide units arranged head to tail in parallel bundles. It is a right-handed triple helix composed of 2 polypeptide chains. It is rich in glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine.
Preferred term Tropocollagen



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