"Desmosine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare amino acid found in elastin, formed by condensation of four molecules of lysine into a pyridinium ring.
| Descriptor ID |
D003895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.762.300 D12.125.072.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Desmosine- Desmosine
- 4-(4-Amino-4-Carboxybutyl)-1-(5-Amino-5-Carboxypentyl)-3,5-bis(3-Amino-3-Carboxypropyl)pyridinium
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmosine" by people in Profiles.
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Hieber AD, Corcino D, Motosue J, Sandberg LB, Roos PJ, Yu SY, Csiszar K, Kagan HM, Boyd CD, Bryant-Greenwood GD. Detection of elastin in the human fetal membranes: proposed molecular basis for elasticity. Placenta. 1997 May; 18(4):301-12.