Immunological identification of two sulfhydryl-containing fragments of human plasma fibronectin.

Abstract

insoluble, fibrillar, collagen-containing, extracellular matrix (5).Fibronectin potentially has several biological functions as judged by its effects on the adhesion and movement of cultured cells (6-11).These functions are related to the capacity of fibronectin to bind to itself and to collagen, fibrin, heparin, proteoglycans, and unidentified cell surface components (3,4,