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Furin

"Furin" 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.

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A proprotein convertase with specificity for the proproteins of PROALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT 3C; and VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR. It has specificity for cleavage near paired ARGININE residues that are separated by two amino acids.


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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1999 and 2000 and 2003 and 2011 and 2014 and 2015
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