单词 | neural cell adhesion molecule |
释义 | > as lemmasneural cell adhesion molecule neural cell adhesion molecule n. Molecular Biology any of a group of cell adhesion molecules that mediate the establishment and maintenance of contacts between neurons, neurites and their supporting and target cells; abbreviated NCAM. ΚΠ 1980 R. Bertolotti et al. in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77 4931/1 The aggregation of nerve cells appears to require the function of a nerve-specific surface protein now called neural cell adhesion molecule or N-CAM. 1992 New Scientist 5 Dec. 31/2 He has found that the growing tips of axons carry neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAMs) which bind to CAMs on other cells. 2002 Ann. Anat. 184 137 The neural cell adhesion molecule, NCAM, is thought to be necessary for the interaction between neurons, axons and glial cells, axons and target structures, and for myelination. < as lemmas |
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