"Integrin alpha6" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An integrin alpha subunit that primarily associates with INTEGRIN BETA1 or INTEGRIN BETA4 to form laminin-binding heterodimers. Integrin alpha6 has two alternatively spliced isoforms: integrin alpha6A and integrin alpha6B, which differ in their cytoplasmic domains and are regulated in a tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific manner.
| Descriptor ID |
D039503
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.408.100.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Integrin alpha6- Integrin alpha6
- alpha6, Integrin
- CD49f Antigens
- alpha6 Integrin
- Integrin, alpha6
- Antigens, CD49f
- CD49f Antigen
- Antigen, CD49f
- alpha(6) Integrin
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