- Concept UI
- M0164318
- Scope Note
- A family of transmembrane glycoproteins that contain a short cytoplasmic domain, a single-span transmembrane domain, and an extracellular domain with heparin sulfate and CHONDROITIN SULFATE chains. Syndecans interact with a variety of heparin-binding INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS and may play a role in modulating cellular signaling during EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT, tumorigenesis, and angiogenesis.
- Terms
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Syndecans
Preferred Term
Term UI
T654351
Date10/05/2005
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2007)
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Syndecan
Term UI
T194323
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2007)