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Fibronectin is an [[Extracellular matrix|extracellular matrix]] protein that helps cells attach to the matrix by acting as a "linker" that binds to a cell-surface [[Integrin|integrin]] molecule on one end and to a matrix component (such as collagen) on the other end. <references /> Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter 2014, Essential Cell Biology, 4th edn, Garland Science, New York. | Fibronectin is an [[Extracellular matrix|extracellular matrix]] protein that helps cells attach to the matrix by acting as a "linker" that binds to a cell-surface [[Integrin|integrin]] molecule on one end and to a matrix component (such as collagen) on the other end. | ||
<references /> Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter 2014, Essential Cell Biology, 4th edn, Garland Science, New York. | |||
Revision as of 15:39, 26 November 2014
Fibronectin is an extracellular matrix protein that helps cells attach to the matrix by acting as a "linker" that binds to a cell-surface integrin molecule on one end and to a matrix component (such as collagen) on the other end.
Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter 2014, Essential Cell Biology, 4th edn, Garland Science, New York.