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butyrophilin

butyrophilin noun: any of a family of proteins associated with lactation.

Noun

butyrophilin (countable and uncountable, plural butyrophilins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins associated with lactation.
    • For example, prolactin is required for stimulating robust transcription of a cohort of genes that encode proteins necessary for milk synthesis and secretion such as butyrophilin and α-lactalbumin.2016 January 23, “Peptidylarginine Deiminase 3 (PAD3) Is Upregulated by Prolactin Stimulation of CID-9 Cells and Expressed in the Lactating Mouse Mammary Gland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of butyrophilin

pluralbutyrophilins

Origin of butyrophilin

From butyro- + -phile + -in.

Questions about butyrophilin

What does butyrophilin mean?
Butyrophilin means any of a family of proteins associated with lactation.
What part of speech is butyrophilin?
Butyrophilin is a noun.
What is the plural of butyrophilin?
The plural of butyrophilin is butyrophilins.

Words near butyrophilin in the dictionary

  1. butyrometric
  2. butyrone
  3. butyronitrile
  4. butyrophenone
  5. butyrophenones
  6. butyrophilin
  7. butyrophilins
  8. butyrospermol
  9. butyrous
  10. butyryl
  11. butyrylation

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