Medical Definition of Fibromodulin
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A small proteoglycan, _60 kD, of the extracellular matrix. The core protein has a mass of _42 kD and is very similar to the core protein of biglycan and decorin. All three have highly conserved sequences containing 10 internal homologous repeats of _ 25 amino acids with leucine rich motifs. Fibromodulin has four keratan sulphate chains attached to N linked oligosaccharides.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibromodulin
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