Medical Definition of Ponticulin
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Developmentally regulated 17 kD transmembrane glycoprotein from Dictyostelium that regulates actin binding and nucleation. Preferentially located at actin rich regions such as sites of cell adhesion. Analogue found in human neutrophils.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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