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Meanings of yellow fiber in английском

русский
эластические волокна
португальский
fibra elástica
каталонский
fibra elàstica
испанский
fibra elástica

An extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils.

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        эластические волокна
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        Examples for "elastic fiber"
        Examples for "elastic fiber"
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        This produces an elastic fiber intermediate in stiffness between twine and whalebone.
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        Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein essential for elastic fiber formation.
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        3
        The functional relationship between ABCC6 and elastic fiber calcification is unknown.
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        4
        Mechanical forces associated with cell movement help shape the forming, extracellular elastic fiber network.
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        Direct binding of the drug to collagen precursors also affects elastic fiber assemblage and maturation.
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        The lungs were removed and examined for defects in elastin fiber formation.
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        Elastin fiber density is unchanged in the glaucomatous nerve heads that we studied.
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        PGS nanofibers are an inexpensive and synthetic material that mimics the chemical and mechanical environment provided by elastin fibers.
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        Its normal circulating concentration functions to maintain the elasticity of the lung by preventing the hydrolytic destruction of elastin fibers.
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        It may also partly be due to an increase of elastin fibers in the dermis through the stimulation of fibroblast activity.
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        Still there is an age-dependent increase of elastic fibre surface density, mostly due to an alteration of the fibres.
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        2
        Any number of these are strung at pleasure upon the long elastic fibre that traverses the branches of the cocoanut tree.
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        3
        Taken together, we conclude that domains 16-17 are important for self-association of tropoelastin and elastic fibre formation.
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        4
        Heterozygote carriers had changes in dermal elastic fibre organization, morphology and labelling midway between those seen in PXE skin and normal skin.
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        This study is the first to discover that domains of elastin play an essential role in elastic fibre formation by facilitating homotypic interactions.
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        Translations for yellow fiber
        португальский
        fibra elástica
        каталонский
        fibra elàstica
        испанский
        fibra elástica