Medical Definition of Vitronectin
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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)
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