fibrillins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002480",
  "term": "fibrillins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A family of extracellular matrix glycoproteins that is structurally similar to latent TGF-beta binding proteins, but contain additional TGF-beta binding domains, in addition to unique domains at their N and C-terminals. Fibrillins assemble into 10-12 nm microfibrils that function in a variety of cell interactions with the extracellular matrix and developmental processes such as elastic tissue maintenance and assembly, and the targeting of growth factors to the extracellular matrix.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "extracellular matrix proteins"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2018",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fibrilinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/fibrillins/"
}