Heparan sulfate — (HS) is a linear polysaccharide found in all animal tissues. It occurs as a proteoglycan (PG) in which two or three HS chains are attached in close proximity to cell surface or extracellular matrix proteins. [cite book | title=Proteoglycans:… … Wikipedia
proteoheparan sulphate — A proteoglycan containing as its glycosaminoglycan heparan sulphate whose constituent N acetyl glucosamine is often sulphated. Hence highly negatively charged. Syndecan is one … Dictionary of molecular biology
HS2ST1 — Heparan sulfate 2 O sulfotransferase 1, also known as HS2ST1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: HS2ST1 heparan sulfate 2 O sulfotransferase 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… … Wikipedia
syndecan — An integral membrane proteoglycan (250 300 kD) associated largely with epithelial cells. The core protein of 294 amino acids has an extracellular domain of 235 amino acids and a single transmembrane domain of 25 amino acids. The extracellular… … Dictionary of molecular biology
SULF1 — Sulfatase 1, also known as SULF1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: SULF1 sulfatase 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=23213| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section title = summary… … Wikipedia
Glypican 3 — Glypican 3, also known as GPC3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: GPC3 glypican 3| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=2719| accessdate = ] cite journal | author = Jakubovic BD,… … Wikipedia
glycosaminoglycans — (= formerly mucopolysaccharides) Polysaccharide side chains of proteoglycans made up of repeating disaccharide units (more than 100) of amino sugars, at least one of which has a negatively charged side group (carboxylate or sulphate). Commonest… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Hepatocyte growth factor — Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a paracrine cellular growth, motility and morphogenic factor. It is secreted by mesenchymal cells and targets and acts primarily upon epithelial cells and endothelial cells, but also acts on… … Wikipedia
Hunter syndrome — Recessive mucopolysaccharidosis, X linked, in which dermatan and heparan sulphates are not degraded. Because two lysosomal enzymes (heparan sulphate sulphatase and a iduronidase) are involved in the breakdown of these glycosaminoglycans,… … Dictionary of molecular biology
glucosamine — Lackie Amino sugar (2 amino 2 deoxyglucose) ; component of chitin, heparan sulphate, chondroitin sulphate, and many complex polysaccharides. Usually found as b D N acetylglucosamine … Dictionary of molecular biology