"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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2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Versicans" by people in Profiles.
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The versican-hyaluronan complex provides an essential extracellular matrix niche for Flk1+ hematoendothelial progenitors. Matrix Biol. 2021 03; 97:40-57.
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Mutation in collagen II alpha 1 isoforms delineates Stickler and Wagner syndrome phenotypes. Mol Vis. 2013; 19:759-66.