Syndecans

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006223",
  "term": "Syndecans",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A family of transmembrane glycoproteins that contain a short cytoplasmic domain, a single-span transmembrane domain, and an extracellular domain with heparin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate chains. Syndecans interact with a variety of heparin-binding intercellular signaling peptides and proteins and may play a role in modulating cellular signaling during embryonic development, tumorigenesis, and angiogenesis.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "membrane glycoproteins",
    "signal transduction",
    "embryogenesis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2018",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sindecanos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/syndecans/"
}