nidogen

nidogen
SYN: entactin. [L. nidus, nest, + -gen 1.]

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ni·do·gen (niґdə-jen) a sulfated 150-kD adhesive glycoprotein that links collagen IV to laminin in the basement membrane. Called also entactin.

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