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butyrophilins

butyrophilins is the plural of butyrophilin.

Meaning of butyrophilin

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

Questions about butyrophilins

What is butyrophilins the plural of?
Butyrophilins is the plural of butyrophilin.

Words near butyrophilins in the dictionary

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

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