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elastic fiber

extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils
Class type of: supramolecular fiber, intercellular matrix component Q259817

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
cellular component
Subclass of
supramolecular fiber, intercellular matrix component[2][3]
Part of
extracellular matrix[4]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en GO:0071953 en yellow fibers en yellow fiber en elastic fiber en Elastic fibers en elastic fibre en elastin fiber en elastogenesis ar ليف مرن de Elastische Fasern de Elastische Faser es Fibra elástica fi Elastiinisäie fr fibre élastique hu Elasztikus rostok it fibra elastica ja 弾力線維 ja 弾力繊維 ja 弾性線維 ja 弾性繊維
🔖 Identifiers · 9
OpenAlex ID
C2780028357
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
STD 190219 SWITCH Tissue 2 93x CMLE 20SNR 50IT Elastin.png ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/elastic-fiber
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
63868
Freebase ID
/m/0569nm
Gene Ontology ID
GO:0071953
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
elastic-tissue
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780028357

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🔗 Connections
← Cell component 2
elastin, elastin
Part of 1
extracellular matrix
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Summary

elastic fiber is a cellular component[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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