Glycophorin
"Glycophorin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The major sialoglycoprotein of the human erythrocyte membrane. It consists of at least two sialoglycopeptides and is composed of 60% carbohydrate including sialic acid and 40% protein. It is involved in a number of different biological activities including the binding of MN blood groups, influenza viruses, kidney bean phytohemagglutinin, and wheat germ agglutinin.
| Descriptor ID |
D006021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.233.800.350 D12.776.124.300 D12.776.395.700.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Glycophorin- Glycophorin
- Erythrocyte Sialoglycoprotein
- Sialoglycoprotein, Erythrocyte
- Glycoconnectin
- Ss Sialoglycoprotein
- Sialoglycoprotein, Ss
- MN Sialoglycoprotein
- Sialoglycoprotein, MN
- Red Blood Cell Membrane Sialoglycoprotein
- beta-Sialoglycoprotein
- beta Sialoglycoprotein
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