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