cell-adhesion molecule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of cell-surface proteins, typically glycoproteins, which enable and/or stabilize physical connections between cells or between a cell and an acellular material, such as an extracellular matrix

Word forms

cell-adhesion molecule cell-adhesion molecules
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