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cell adhesion molecule
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cell adhesion molecule [¦sel ad‚hē·zhən ′mäl·ə·kyül]
(cell and molecular biology)
A class of membrane proteins comprising the outer surfaces of cell membranes in the developing nervous system that is thought to be intimately involved in guiding development during embryonic life. Abbreviated CAM.


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53-57) The accumulation of ROS promotes the expression of intercellular adhesion molecules and subsequent neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion.
Working separately, cell biologists and immunologists over the same period investigated a class of cell-surface molecules called intercellular adhesion molecules, including one known as ICAM-1.
 
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