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centrophilin

centrophilin noun: a mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation.

Noun

centrophilin (plural centrophilins)

  1. A mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation
    • The target antigen is a 210-kDa centrophilin that is not only localized in the pericentrosomal region of mitotic cells but also present in interphase nuclear matrix ( 46 ).2015 August 20, Edward K. L. Chan et al., “Report of the First International Consensus on Standardized Nomenclature of Antinuclear Antibody HEp-2 Cell Patterns 2014–2015”, in Frontiers in Immunology...

Forms of centrophilin

pluralcentrophilins

Origin of centrophilin

From centrophilic + -in.

Questions about centrophilin

What does centrophilin mean?
Centrophilin means a mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation.
What part of speech is centrophilin?
Centrophilin is a noun.
What is the plural of centrophilin?
The plural of centrophilin is centrophilins.

Words near centrophilin in the dictionary

  1. centroparietal
  2. centroparietally
  3. centroperipheral
  4. centrophenoxine
  5. centrophilic
  6. centrophilin
  7. centrophilins
  8. centrophobia
  9. centrophobic
  10. centrophobism
  11. centrophorid

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