thrombospondin
noun/ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/UK/ˌθɹɑm.boʊˈspɑn.dɪn/US
Etymology
From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723
- derived from respondeō
- derived from respondō
- derived from respondre
- inherited from respounden
Definitions
Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types…
Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
The neighborhood
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