fasciclin
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fasciclin (plural fasciclins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of extracellular polypeptide domains concerned with cell adhesion
- 2015 August 22, Vijai Bhadauria et al., “Candidate effectors contribute to race differentiation and virulence of the lentil anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum lentis”, in BMC Genomics[1], volume 16, :
- It is likely that C. lentis secretes the fasciclin homolog ClCE8 during conidium and appressorium adhesion on the plant surface, though it might also mediate down-stream infection related to fungal development.