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Although the structural characterization of the major leukocyte cell surface mucin CD43 has proceeded rapidly, understanding its physiological function has been hindered by contradictory results. Here, Julie Ostberg and colleagues propose that the Roman god of two faces, Janus, provides a model that reconciles the roles attributed to CD43.
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