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What is the noun for collagen?

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collagen
  1. (biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There were fascicles of spindle cells sometimes arranged in a whorled pattern or admixed with thick collagen fibers.”
      “Cells are laced with a network of fibres more rigid than the rope-like structural proteins collagen and keratin.”
      “These abnormalities are caused by defects in the genes that tell the cells how to make collagen.”
collagenopathy
  1. (pathology) Any disease or disorder that affects the collagen of connective tissue
collagenization
  1. The formation of collagen, especially the replacement of normal tissue with collagen
collagenase
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hearts were perfused for 5-7 min with nominally Ca free Tyrode's solution, then perfusion proceeded with added collagenase and albumin.”
      “Another purported fat melter is collagenase, an enzyme that breaks down connective tissue.”
      “Single stomach smooth muscle cells were isolated by enzymatic dissociation with trypsin and collagenase as described previously.”
collagenolysis
collagenizations
  1. plural of collagenization
collagenopathies
  1. plural of collagenopathy
collagenases
  1. plural of collagenase
collagens
  1. plural of collagen
  2. Examples:
    1. “The fibrillar collagens also change across the disc, with the nucleus containing only type II collagen while both types I and type II are found in the annulus.”
      “The multigene method is the only commercially viable method known of producing human and animal collagens recombinantly.”
      “Antibodies against a 30 kilodalton cochlear protein and type II and IX collagens in the serum of patients with inner ear diseases.”
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