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Definition of "vitronectin" []

  • 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)

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Use "vitronectin" in a sentence
  • "They found that the best polymers contained a high percentage of acrylates, a common ingredient in plastics, and were coated with a protein called vitronectin, which encourages cells to attach to surfaces."
  • "TGF-β1 also regulates the behaviour of keratinocytes by inducing the expression of various ECM proteins such as tenascin, thrombospondin, fibronectin, vitronectin, collagen and several proteoglycans etc."
  • "Biotin-peptides (50 µg. mL − 1) were incubated on microtitration wells, coated with 1 µg of type-I collagen, convulxin, collagen related peptides, bovine fibrinogen, human fibronectin, rat vitronectin, murine laminin or bovine serum albumin."
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