addressin meaning
ENWAddressin
- Addressin also known as mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule 1 (MAdCAM-1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MADCAM1 gene.
- Addressin is an extracellular protein of the endothelium of venules. Addressins are the ligands to the homing receptors of lymphocytes. The task of these ligands and their receptors is to determine which tissue the lymphocyte will enter next.
- NounPLaddressinsSUF-in
- (biochemistry) An extracellular protein of the endothelium of venules.
- (biochemistry) An extracellular protein of the endothelium of venules.
Definition of addressin in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -in
- Words suffixed with -in
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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- Countable nouns
- Morphemes
- en addressing
- en addressins
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "addressin" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.