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plakophilin

plakophilin noun: any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.

Noun

plakophilin (plural plakophilins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.

Forms of plakophilin

pluralplakophilins

Questions about plakophilin

What does plakophilin mean?
Plakophilin means any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.
What part of speech is plakophilin?
Plakophilin is a noun.
What is the plural of plakophilin?
The plural of plakophilin is plakophilins.

Words near plakophilin in the dictionary

  1. plakodes
  2. plakoglobin
  3. plakoglobins
  4. plakohypaphorine
  5. plakohypaphorines
  6. plakophilin
  7. plakophilins
  8. plakous
  9. plamasser
  10. plamassers
  11. Plambeck

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