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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lectins > Selectins
Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Selectins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Selectins
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Selectins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Selectins

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Selectins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Selectin

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • Transmembrane proteins consisting of a lectin-like domain, an epidermal growth factor-like domain, and a variable number of domains that are homologous to complement regulatory proteins. They are important cell adhesion molecules which help LEUKOCYTES attach to VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM.

History note

  • 1996

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019087

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