"Versicans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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HYALURONAN-containing proteoglycans found in the EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX of a variety of tissues and organs. Several versican isoforms exist due to multiple ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of the versican MESSENGER RNA.
| Descriptor ID |
D053675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.735.200.750 D12.776.395.650.750.687.800 D12.776.503.280.437.800 D12.776.860.300.885
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| Concept/Terms |
Versicans- Versicans
- Versican
- Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Core Protein 2
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Smith SM, Whitelock JM, Iozzo RV, Little CB, Melrose J. Topographical variation in the distributions of versican, aggrecan and perlecan in the foetal human spine reflects their diverse functional roles in spinal development. Histochem Cell Biol. 2009 Nov; 132(5):491-503.