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nephrocystin

nephrocystin noun: any of a group of proteins, mutations in whose genes are associated with nephronophthisis.

Noun

nephrocystin (plural nephrocystins)

  1. Any of a group of proteins, mutations in whose genes are associated with nephronophthisis.

Forms of nephrocystin

pluralnephrocystins

Questions about nephrocystin

What does nephrocystin mean?
Nephrocystin means any of a group of proteins, mutations in whose genes are associated with nephronophthisis.
What part of speech is nephrocystin?
Nephrocystin is a noun.
What is the plural of nephrocystin?
The plural of nephrocystin is nephrocystins.

Words near nephrocystin in the dictionary

  1. nephrocarcinomas
  2. nephrocardiac
  3. nephrocardiovascular
  4. nephrocolic
  5. nephrocolonic
  6. nephrocystin
  7. nephrocystins
  8. nephrocystostomies
  9. nephrocystostomy
  10. nephrocyte
  11. nephrocytes

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