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  • noun biochemistry A protein of the pexin family, an abundant glycoprotein that promotes cell adhesion and spreading, inhibits the membrane-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

  • 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.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • 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.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • 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

  • Dr. Ernst Lengyel and colleagues at The University of Chicago have discovered that vitronectin receptor (αvβ3-integrin) expression significantly improved ovarian cancer patient prognosis.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • 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

  • 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 2009

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