The binding by a cell-adhesion protein on a cell surface to an adhesion molecule on another cell surface or an external substrate, to mediate adhesion of the cell to the external substrate or to another cell. [ GOC:vw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_adhesion ]
The binding by a cell-adhesion protein on the cell surface to an extracellular matrix component, to mediate adhesion of the cell to the external substrate or to another cell. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_adhesion ]
Synonyms: cell adhesion molecule protein binding involved in cell adhesion
Term information
goslim_generic, prokaryote_subset