Definition of Vitronectin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) 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. ¹

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Medical Definition of Vitronectin

1. Serum protein (70 kD) also called serum spreading factor from its activity in promoting adhesion and spreading of tissue cells in culture. Contains the cell binding sequence Arg Gly Asp (RGD) first found in fibronectin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vitronectin

vitriolick
vitrioling
vitriolisation
vitriolizable
vitriolization
vitriolize
vitriolized
vitriolizes
vitriolizing
vitriolled
vitriolling
vitriolous
vitriols
vitrite
vitrites
vitronectin (current term)
vitronectins
vitrosin
vitruvian
vitta
vittae
vittate
vittle
vittled
vittles
vittling
vitular
vituline
vituperable
vituperate

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