elastic fiber
Sign in to saveAlso known as yellow fiber, GO:0071953, elastin fiber, elastic fibre, Elastic fibers, yellow fibers, elastogenesis
extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils
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- Part of
- extracellular matrix
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- STD 190219 SWITCH Tissue 2 93x CMLE 20SNR 50IT Elastin.png
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0071953
- Commons category
- Elastic fibers
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