English Explanatory Dictionary

procollagen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The precursor of collagen; it is formed in fibroblasts and converted to collagen by a peptidase.

Word forms

procollagen procollagens

Etymology

From pro- + collagen.

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