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centralspindlin

centralspindlin noun: a protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis.

Noun

centralspindlin

  1. A protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis

Origin of centralspindlin

From central spindle + -in. Coined by the Glotzer et al. research group at the University of Vienna no later than 2001.http://www.google.com/patents?id=CnaFAAAAEBAJ

Questions about centralspindlin

What does centralspindlin mean?
Centralspindlin means a protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis.
What part of speech is centralspindlin?
Centralspindlin is a noun.

Words near centralspindlin in the dictionary

  1. centrally planned economy
  2. centralmost
  3. centralness
  4. centralodistal
  5. centrals
  6. centralspindlin
  7. centranucleation
  8. centraparietal
  9. centrarchid
  10. centrarchids
  11. centration

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