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melastatine

melastatine is the alternative form of melastatin.

Meaning of melastatin

Noun

melastatin

  1. A gene expressed in melanocytes and involved in nevomelanocytic development; down-regulated in cases of melanoma

Questions about melastatine

What is melastatine the alternative form of?
Melastatine is the alternative form of melastatin.

Words near melastatine in the dictionary

  1. melaspileaceans
  2. melasses
  3. melassic acid
  4. melassigenic
  5. melastatin
  6. melastatine
  7. melastin
  8. melastoma
  9. melastomaceous
  10. melastomas
  11. melastomataceous

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