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Integrin alpha5

"Integrin alpha5" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

This integrin alpha subunit combines with INTEGRIN BETA1 to form a receptor (INTEGRIN ALPHA5BETA1) that binds FIBRONECTIN and LAMININ. It undergoes posttranslational cleavage into a heavy and a light chain that are connected by disulfide bonds.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Integrin alpha5" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Integrin alpha5" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 17 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2011 and 2016
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