Cystatin M
"Cystatin M" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cystatin subtype that has a diverse tissue distribution, target specificity, and functions as an endogenous inhibitor of lysosomal cysteine proteases.
| Descriptor ID |
D055332
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.215.500 D12.776.624.776.418
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| Concept/Terms |
Cystatin M- Cystatin M
- Cystatin E
- Cystatin-6
- Cystatin 6
- CST6 Cystatin
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