| Term: | bone tissue collagen type I trimer |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | bone tissue |
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| Definition: | Skeletal tissue with a collagen-rich extracellular matrix vascularized, mineralized with hydroxyapatite and typically including osteocytes located in lacunae that communicate with one another by cell processes (in canaliculi). Bone is deposited by osteoblasts. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005621] |
| Name: | collagen type I trimer |
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| Definition: | A collagen trimer containing alpha(I) chains. The most common form of type I collagen is a heterotrimer containing two alpha1(I) chains and one alpha2(I) chain; homotrimers containing three alpha1(I) chains are also found. Type I collagen triple helices associate to form banded fibrils. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005584] QuickGO AmiGO |