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preprorelaxin

preprorelaxin noun: a precursor of prorelaxin.

Noun

preprorelaxin (plural preprorelaxins)

  1. A precursor of prorelaxin.
    • The mode of in vivo processing of human preprorelaxin is not yet fully understood and has to be deduced by analogy to the processing of porcine and rat preprorelaxins.1984, P Hudson, “Relaxin gene expression in human ovaries and the predicted structure of a human preprorelaxin by analysis of cDNA clones”, in The EMBO Journal, volume 3, number 10, page 2333
    • Cells were transduced with an integrating lentiviral vector bicistronically expressing human preprorelaxin 2 cDNA [ 26 ] and eGFP gene, or just eGFP, under a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter.2008 September 16, Massimo Bonacchi et al., “Functional and histopathological improvement of the post-infarcted rat heart upon myoblast cell grafting and relaxin therapy”, in Journal of Cellular and...

Forms of preprorelaxin

pluralpreprorelaxins

Origin of preprorelaxin

From pre- + prorelaxin.

Questions about preprorelaxin

What does preprorelaxin mean?
Preprorelaxin means a precursor of prorelaxin.
What part of speech is preprorelaxin?
Preprorelaxin is a noun.
What is the plural of preprorelaxin?
The plural of preprorelaxin is preprorelaxins.

Words near preprorelaxin in the dictionary

  1. preprophylaxis
  2. preproposal
  3. preproposals
  4. preproprotein
  5. preproproteins
  6. preprorelaxin
  7. preprorelaxins
  8. preprosequence
  9. preprosequences
  10. preprosomatostatin
  11. preprostatic

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