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ciliobrevins

ciliobrevins is the plural of ciliobrevin.

Meaning of ciliobrevin

Noun

ciliobrevin (plural ciliobrevins)

  1. Any of a family of quinazolinylidene derivatives that are inhibitors of cytoplasmic dynein
    • Curiously, when assaying the effect of ciliobrevin, a specific inhibitor of cytoplasmic dynein, on oligodendrocyte PC, we noted that its effect on PC morphology was countered by Shh treatment, suggesting that this pathway is not only dependent on the PC but also partially capable of rescuing this...2015 July 29, “Shh Signaling through the Primary Cilium Modulates Rat Oligodendrocyte Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ciliobrevins

What is ciliobrevins the plural of?
Ciliobrevins is the plural of ciliobrevin.

Words near ciliobrevins in the dictionary

  1. ciliform
  2. ciliiform
  3. Cilincing
  4. cilio-
  5. ciliobrevin
  6. ciliobrevins
  7. ciliochoroidal
  8. ciliogenesis
  9. ciliogenic
  10. ciliograde
  11. ciliogrades

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