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junctophilin

junctophilin noun: any of a class of proteins associated with junctional complexes.

Noun

junctophilin (plural junctophilins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins associated with junctional complexes.
    • SMCs were also found to express four junctophilin isoforms (Jph1-4), of which Jph2 was the most highly expressed in the SMCs. Ryr2 encodes a Ca 2+ induced Ca 2+ release channel, which is localized to the junctional membrane complex between the plasma membrane and endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum...2015 August 5, “Smooth Muscle Cell Genome Browser: Enabling the Identification of Novel Serum Response Factor Target Genes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of junctophilin

pluraljunctophilins

Words formed from junctophilin

  • JP
  • JP1
  • JP-1
  • JP2
  • JP-2
  • JP3
  • JP-3
  • JP4
  • JP-4
  • JPH
  • JPH1
  • JPH-1
  • JPH-2
  • JPH2
  • JPH3
  • JPH-3
  • JPH-4
  • JPH4
  • junctophilin 1
  • junctophilin-1
  • junctophilin 2
  • junctophilin-2
  • junctophilin-3
  • junctophilin 3
  • junctophilin 4
  • junctophilin-4

Questions about junctophilin

What does junctophilin mean?
Junctophilin means any of a class of proteins associated with junctional complexes.
What part of speech is junctophilin?
Junctophilin is a noun.
What is the plural of junctophilin?
The plural of junctophilin is junctophilins.

Words near junctophilin in the dictionary

  1. junctionopathies
  2. junctionopathy
  3. junctions
  4. junctive
  5. junctives
  6. junctophilin
  7. junctophilins
  8. junctor
  9. junctors
  10. junctura
  11. juncturae

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