thrombospondin
UK/ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/US/ˌθɹɑm.boʊˈspɑn.dɪn/
thrombospondin noun: any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Noun
thrombospondin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombospondins)
- Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Forms of thrombospondin
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Origin of thrombospondin
From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723
Questions about thrombospondin
- What does thrombospondin mean?
- Thrombospondin means any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
- What part of speech is thrombospondin?
- Thrombospondin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thrombospondin?
- Thrombospondin is pronounced /ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thrombospondin?
- The plural of thrombospondin is thrombospondins.
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