thrombospondin (English, noun)
expansion: thrombospondin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombospondins)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: thrombospondins
tags: plural