"Tetraspanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A large superfamily of cell surface membrane proteins characterized by their four transmembrane domains. They play a role in a variety of processes such as cellular adhesion and motility. They may be involved in the organization of cell surface MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS that regulate the activation of LEUKOCYTES.
| Descriptor ID |
D059470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.900
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