"Fibrillins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of extracellular matrix glycoproteins that is structurally similar to LATENT TGF-BETA BINDING PROTEINS, but contain additional TGF-beta binding domains, in addition to unique domains at their N and C-terminals. Fibrillins assemble into 10-12 nm MICROFIBRILS that function in a variety of cell interactions with the EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX and developmental processes such as ELASTIC TISSUE maintenance and assembly, and the targeting of growth factors to the extracellular matrix.
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D000071837
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.400.430.875 D12.776.395.341 D12.776.860.300.400
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