"Collagen Type XII" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A fibril-associated collagen found in many tissues bearing high tensile stress, such as TENDONS and LIGAMENTS. It is comprised of a trimer of three identical alpha1(XII) chains.
| Descriptor ID |
D024082
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.860.300.250.400.550.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Procollagen Type XII- Procollagen Type XII
- Type XII, Procollagen
- Type XII Procollagen
- Procollagen, Type XII
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Novel Col12A1 variant expands the clinical picture of congenital myopathies with extracellular matrix defects. Muscle Nerve. 2017 02; 55(2):277-281.