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dyskerin

dyskerin noun: a human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.

Noun

dyskerin (uncountable)

  1. A human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.

Origin of dyskerin

From dyskeratosis + -in.

Questions about dyskerin

What does dyskerin mean?
Dyskerin means a human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.
What part of speech is dyskerin?
Dyskerin is a noun.

Words near dyskerin in the dictionary

  1. dyskeratomas
  2. dyskeratoses
  3. dyskeratosis
  4. dyskeratosis congenita
  5. dyskeratotic
  6. dyskerin
  7. dyskertotic
  8. dyskinesia
  9. dyskinesias
  10. dyskinesiogenic
  11. dyskinesis

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