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complexin

complexin noun: a type of protein found in nerve tissue.

Noun

complexin (plural complexins)

  1. A type of protein found in nerve tissue.
    • We next examined which complexin sequences mediate spontaneous and evoked fusion.2009 January 23, Anton Maximov et al., “Complexin Controls the Force Transfer from SNARE Complexes to Membranes in Fusion”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI

Forms of complexin

pluralcomplexins

Origin of complexin

From complex + -in.

Questions about complexin

What does complexin mean?
Complexin means a type of protein found in nerve tissue.
What part of speech is complexin?
Complexin is a noun.
What is the plural of complexin?
The plural of complexin is complexins.

Words near complexin in the dictionary

  1. complexifier
  2. complexifiers
  3. complexifies
  4. complexify
  5. complexifying
  6. complexin
  7. complexing
  8. complexings
  9. complexins
  10. complexion
  11. complexional

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