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protein kinases

protein kinases is the plural of protein kinase.

Meaning of protein kinase

Noun

protein kinase (plural protein kinases)

  1. a kinase whose substrate is a protein
    • These findings, together with previous evidence that heparin stimulates Tau phosphorylation by protein kinases, have been used to argue that sulfated glycosaminoglycans may be a critical factor in the formation of the neurofibrillary tangles.2009, Ajit Varki with Hudson H. Freeze, “Glycans in Acquired Human Diseases”, in Varki, A., et al., editor, Essentials of Glycobiology, 2nd edition, CSH Press, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009

Questions about protein kinases

What is protein kinases the plural of?
Protein kinases is the plural of protein kinase.

Words near protein kinases in the dictionary

  1. protein domain
  2. protein domains
  3. protein isolate
  4. protein isolates
  5. protein kinase
  6. protein kinases
  7. protein phosphorylation
  8. protein phosphorylations
  9. protein powder
  10. protein powders
  11. protein shake

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