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Preferred term

Uteroglobin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A steroid-inducible protein that was originally identified in uterine fluid. It is a secreted homodimeric protein with identical 70-amino acid subunits that are joined in an antiparallel orientation by two disulfide bridges. A variety of activities are associated with uteroglobin including the sequestering of hydrophobic ligands and the inhibition of SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 9060-09-7
  • Blastokinin
  • Clara Cell Secretory Protein
  • Clara Cell-Specific Protein
  • Secretoglobin, Family 1A, Member 1

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-L0S6XD5R-5

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