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any of a family of cell adhesion molecules consisting of a lectin-like domain, an epidermal growth factorlike domain, and a variable number of domains that encode proteins homologous to complement-binding proteins; their function is to mediate the binding of leukocytes to the vascular endothelium.
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| selectins |
A family of cell surface molecules found on both leukocytes and endothelial cells, the selectins mediate the adhesion step of extravastion.
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