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- noun biochemistry A
protein of the pexin family, anabundant glycoprotein that promotescell adhesion andspreading ,inhibits themembrane -damaging effect of the terminal cytolytic complement pathway, and binds to several serpin serine protease inhibitors.
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
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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.
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Salem Adra et al. 2010
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D: B-collagelin (50 µg. mL − 1, black) or B-Pc (gray) were incubated with immobilized collagen I or III, CRP, fibrinogen, fibronectin, vitronectin and laminin in microtitration plates, and detected as above.
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IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13: consequences on cell adhesion to vitronectin and fibrinogen.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter R. Sinnaeve et al. 2009
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Dr. Ernst Lengyel and colleagues at The University of Chicago have discovered that vitronectin receptor (αvβ3-integrin) expression significantly improved ovarian cancer patient prognosis.
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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.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Julien Muzard et al. 2009
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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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