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paraxis

paraxis noun: a basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites.

Noun

paraxis (uncountable)

  1. A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites

Questions about paraxis

What does paraxis mean?
Paraxis means a basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites.
What part of speech is paraxis?
Paraxis is a noun.

Words near paraxis in the dictionary

  1. paraxanthines
  2. paraxazone
  3. paraxial
  4. paraxiality
  5. paraxially
  6. paraxis
  7. paraxonic
  8. paraxylene
  9. paraxylenes
  10. Parayao
  11. parazoan

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