MeSH definition : Ubiquitous macromolecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix
of a wide range of cells of vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. They are essential
cofactors in cell-matrix adhesion processes, in cell-cell recognition systems, and
in receptor-growth factor interactions. (From Cancer Metastasis Rev 1996; 15(2): 177-86;
Hepatology 1996; 24(3): 524-32);
Ubiquitous macromolecules associated with the cell surface and extracellular matrix
of a wide range of cells of vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. They are essential
cofactors in cell-matrix adhesion processes, in cell-cell recognition systems, and
in receptor-growth factor interactions. (From Cancer Metastasis Rev 1996; 15(2): 177-86;
Hepatology 1996; 24(3): 524-32)