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vitronectin

vitronectin noun: a protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.

Noun

vitronectin (countable and uncountable, plural vitronectins)

  1. A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.

Forms of vitronectin

pluralvitronectins

Origin of vitronectin

From vitro- + nectin.

Questions about vitronectin

What does vitronectin mean?
Vitronectin means a protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.
What part of speech is vitronectin?
Vitronectin is a noun.
What is the plural of vitronectin?
The plural of vitronectin is vitronectins.

Words near vitronectin in the dictionary

  1. vitro-
  2. vitroceramic
  3. vitroceramics
  4. vitroclastic
  5. Vitrolite
  6. vitronectin
  7. vitronectins
  8. vitrons
  9. vitrophyre
  10. vitrophyres
  11. vitrophyric

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