Cell Interactions 3

Question 1

What is known as the glue for collagen ?

Answer 1

Fibronectin

Question 2

What is Fibronectin ?

Answer 2

Protiens that are glycosylated and have different domains

Question 3

What are domains ?

Answer 3

Functional portions of a protein

Question 4

What is quantinary structure ?

Answer 4

Multiple proteins working together

Question 5

What are the portions in the ECM responsible for ?

Answer 5

One is responsible for binding to proteins and the other for binding to sugars

Question 6

What are different versions collagen known as ?

Answer 6

A collagen family

Question 7

There are many different proteoglycans, but how many Fibronectins genes are there ?

Answer 7

Only one

Question 8

There is only one Fibronectin gene, but how many Fibronectin proteins are there ?

Answer 8

There are many fibronectin proteins

Question 9

What is alternative splicing ?

Answer 9

Removing introns and exons

Question 10

What must fibronectin bind to in some sort of way ?

Answer 10

Must bind to a protein called integrin