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adducinlike

adducinlike adjective: pertaining to the protein produced by the hu-li tai shao gene (hts) in Drosophila, which serves a role similar to that of adducin.

Adjective

adducinlike (comparative more adducinlike, superlative most adducinlike)

  1. Pertaining to the protein produced by the hu-li tai shao gene (hts) in Drosophila, which serves a role similar to that of adducin.
    • The spectrosome and the fusome contain membrane cytoskeletal proteins such as α- spectrin, β-spectrin, the adducinlike product of the hu-li tai shao (hts) gene, and ankyrin (de Cuevas et al., 1997; McKearin, 1997).2000, The Centrosome in Cell Replication and Early Development, page 388
    • Cystoblasts/cystocytes also divide asymmetrically, and in doing so, the spectrosome evolves into a branched fusome in the 16-cell cyst (5,37), accumulating proteins like Bam, ankyrin, α- and β-spectrins, the adducinlike product of the hu-li tai shao gene (HtsF), dynein (Dhc64C), and Cyclin A...2004, Daryl S. Henderson, Drosophila Cytogenetics Protocols, page 95

Forms of adducinlike

comparativemore adducinlike
superlativemost adducinlike

Origin of adducinlike

From adducin + -like.

Questions about adducinlike

What does adducinlike mean?
Adducinlike means pertaining to the protein produced by the hu-li tai shao gene (hts) in Drosophila, which serves a role similar to that of adducin.
What part of speech is adducinlike?
Adducinlike is an adjective.

Words near adducinlike in the dictionary

  1. adduceth
  2. Adduci
  3. adducible
  4. adducin
  5. adducing
  6. adducinlike
  7. adducins
  8. Adducis
  9. adduct
  10. adducted
  11. adducting

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