Medical Definition of Entactin

1. A dumbbell shaped 150 kD sulphated glycoprotein that is found in all basement membranes. It binds to laminin, forming a very stable 1:1 complex (KD = 10nM) and almost all laminin preparations contain entactin. The N terminal globular domain can self aggregate, whilst the C terminal globular domain binds to the short arm of laminin and to collagen IV. The connecting rod has 5-6 EGF type cysteine rich repeats, one of which has an RGD sequence for cellular interaction. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entactin

ensures
ensuring
ensu method
enswathe
enswathed
enswathes
enswathing
ensweep
ensweeps
enswept
ENT
ent-kaurene oxidase
ent-kaurenoic acid 13-hydroxylase
entablature
entablatures
entactin (current term)
entad
entail
entailed
entailer
entailers
entailing
entailment
entailments
entails
ental
ental origin
entame
entameba
entamebae

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