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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
proteins that have a function in cell-to-celladhesion
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Examples
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However, the same target they used in mouse vaginal cells -- a molecule called nectin-1 -- is also found on human vaginal cells.
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However, the same target they used in mouse vaginal cells -- a molecule called nectin-1 -- is also found on human vaginal cells.
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However, the same target they used in mouse vaginal cells -- a molecule called nectin-1 -- is also found on human vaginal cells.
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Well, yes, nectin and related proteins do bind viruses.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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It would be better if you could demonstrate that something like nectin could bind bacteria or viruses.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Phyolgenetically, nectin and JAM are the molecules that are closest to immunoglobulins.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In the sea squirt, an invertebrate chordate, the Variable –Constant architecture is clear in two classes of adhesion molecule, nectin and Junctional Adhesion Molecule JAM.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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A reg'lar coachman's a sort o 'con-nectin' link betwixt singleness and matrimony, and every practicable man knows it. '
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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A reg'lar coachman's a sort o 'con-nectin' link betwixt singleness and matrimony, and every practicable man knows it. '
The Pickwick papers 1836
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Nectosome. cytoplasmic vesicle nectin egg sea urchin, Temnopleurus hardwickii.
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