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Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM also the cluster of differentiation CD56) is a homophilic binding glycoprotein expressed on the surface of neurons glia skeletal muscle and natural killer cells. NCAM has been implicated as having a role in cell–cell adhesion neurite outgrowth synaptic plasticity and learning and memory.

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