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progranulin

progranulin noun: a precursor protein to granulin.

Noun

progranulin (plural progranulins)

  1. A precursor protein to granulin.
    • Haploinsufficiency of the human progranulin gene, GRN, causes frontotemporal dementia.2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of progranulin

pluralprogranulins

Origin of progranulin

From pro- + granulin.

Questions about progranulin

What does progranulin mean?
Progranulin means a precursor protein to granulin.
What part of speech is progranulin?
Progranulin is a noun.
What is the plural of progranulin?
The plural of progranulin is progranulins.

Words near progranulin in the dictionary

  1. programmist
  2. programmistic
  3. programmists
  4. programs
  5. programwide
  6. progranulin
  7. progranulins
  8. progranulocyte
  9. progranulocytes
  10. progranulocytic
  11. progravitational

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