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Abstract
A fibrillar collagen consisting of three identical alpha1(III) chains that is widely distributed in many tissues containing COLLAGEN TYPE I. It is particularly abundant in BLOOD VESSELS and may play a role in tissues with elastic characteristics.
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- Type III Collagen
- Collagen, Type III
- Collagen Type III, alpha1 Chain
- Collagen alpha1(III)
- Procollagen Type III
- Type III Procollagen
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
precursors: coord IM with PROCOLLAGEN (IM)
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History Note
2002; use COLLAGEN 1990-2001; for PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III use PROCOLLAGEN 1990-2001
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Previous Indexing
- Collagen (1974-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Collagen Type III. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D024061. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D024061
- Collagen Type III. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14906838