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dickkopf

Syllables: dick·kopf/ˈdɪkˌkɒpf/US/ˈdɪkˌkɑ(p)f/

dickkopf noun: any of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo.

Noun

dickkopf (plural dickkopfs)

  1. Any of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo.
    • Here we describe dickkopf-1 (dkk-1), which encodes Dkk-1, a secreted inducer of Spemann's organizer in Xenopus and a member of a new protein family.[1998 January 22, Andrei Glinka et al., “Dickkopf-1 is a Member of a New Family of Secreted Proteins and Functions in Head Induction”, in Nature, volume 391, number 6665, London: Nature Research...
    • Some of the factors tested included: angiopoietin like protein 7 (ANGLPT7), epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), transforming growth factor beta 2 (TGF β 2), platelet derived growth factor b (PDGFB), and dickkopf related protein 2 (DKK2).2015 December 22, Kathryn L. McCabe et al., “Efficient Generation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Corneal Endothelial Cells by Directed Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 12, San...

Forms of dickkopf

pluraldickkopfs

Origin of dickkopf

Borrowed from German Dickkopf (“stubborn person”, literally “thick head”), from the fact that Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK1), one of the dickkopf proteins, was found to be required for head formation in embryos. The word was coined by Andrei Glinka, Wei Wu, Hajo Delius, A. Paula Monaghan, Claudia Blumenstock, and Christof Niehrs in a 1998 article published in Nature: see the quotation.

Questions about dickkopf

What does dickkopf mean?
Dickkopf means any of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo.
What part of speech is dickkopf?
Dickkopf is a noun.
How do you pronounce dickkopf?
Dickkopf is pronounced /ˈdɪkˌkɒpf/ (UK).
What is the plural of dickkopf?
The plural of dickkopf is dickkopfs.

Words near dickkopf in the dictionary

  1. Dickison
  2. dickite
  3. dickites
  4. dickitude
  5. dickjuice
  6. dickkopf
  7. dickkopfs
  8. Dickleburgh
  9. Dickleburgh and Rushall
  10. dickless
  11. Dickless Tracy

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