Medical Definition of Nidogen

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 Nidogen

nides
nidget
nidgets
nidi
nidicolous
nidificate
nidification
nidifications
nidified
nidifies
nidifugous
nidify
nidifying
niding
nidings
nidogen (current term)
nidor
nidorous
nidors
nids
nidulant
Nidularia
Nidulariaceae
Nidulariales
nidulite
nidus
nidus
niduses
nidus avis
nidus hirundinis

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