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Integrin alpha4

"Integrin alpha4" 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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An integrin alpha subunit that is unique in that it does not contain an I-domain, and its proteolytic cleavage site is near the middle of the extracellular portion of the polypeptide rather than close to the membrane, as in other integrin alpha subunits.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Integrin alpha4" by people in this website by year, and whether "Integrin alpha4" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002
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