| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FN | Fibronectin |
| RGD | Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid |
| PHSRN | Proline-Histidine-Serine-Arginine- asparagine |
| CMAT | Colored Multi affinity tag |
| HIS | Histidine |
| GST | Glutathion S-transferase |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immobilization assay |
| hGF | Human Gingival fibroblasts |