Cd18

Cd18

(Science: immunology) Cell-surface glycoprotein beta-chains that are non-covalently linked to specific alpha-chains of the cd11 family of leukocyte-adhesion molecules (receptors, leukocyte-adhesion). A defect in the gene encoding cd18 causes leukocyte-adhesion deficiency syndrome.

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