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cell adhesion molecule

cell adhesion molecule is the alternative spelling of cell-adhesion molecule.

Meaning of cell-adhesion molecule

Noun

cell-adhesion molecule (plural cell-adhesion molecules)

  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
    • In order for cells in tissues to function in an integrated manner, specialized junctions consisting of clustered cell-adhesion molecules are essential.2000, Lodish, et al., Molecular Cell Biology, W H Freeman and Company, "Section 22.1 Cell-Cell Adhesion and Communication"

Forms of cell adhesion molecule

pluralcell adhesion molecules

Questions about cell adhesion molecule

What is cell adhesion molecule the alternative spelling of?
Cell adhesion molecule is the alternative spelling of cell-adhesion molecule.

Words near cell adhesion molecule in the dictionary

  1. celiprolol
  2. Celis
  3. celivarone
  4. Celje
  5. cell
  6. cell adhesion molecule
  7. cell adhesion molecules
  8. cell block
  9. cell blocks
  10. cell bodies
  11. cell body

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