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(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
Definition: a fibrous glycoprotein found in the extracellular matrix of animal tissues and in plasma, which binds to receptor proteins in the cell membrane
Example:
1. Cell adhesion is the ability of cells to stick to other cells and to extracellular matrix molecules like fibronectin.

2. Mesoderm is formed when cells migrate into the fluid-filled center of the blastula, using cell surface integrins to follow railway tracks of fibronectin.