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scaffold protein

scaffold protein noun: proteins that bring together various other proteins in a signaling pathway and allow for their interaction. They recruit downstream effectors in a pathway and enhance specificity of the signal.

Noun

scaffold protein (plural scaffold proteins)

  1. Proteins that bring together various other proteins in a signaling pathway and allow for their interaction. They recruit downstream effectors in a pathway and enhance specificity of the signal.

Forms of scaffold protein

pluralscaffold proteins

Questions about scaffold protein

What does scaffold protein mean?
Scaffold protein means proteins that bring together various other proteins in a signaling pathway and allow for their interaction. They recruit downstream effectors in a pathway and enhance specificity of the signal.
What part of speech is scaffold protein?
Scaffold protein is a noun.
What is the plural of scaffold protein?
The plural of scaffold protein is scaffold proteins.

Words near scaffold protein in the dictionary

  1. scaffie
  2. scaffies
  3. scaffling
  4. scaffold
  5. scaffold hopping
  6. scaffold protein
  7. scaffold proteins
  8. scaffoldage
  9. scaffolded
  10. scaffolder
  11. scaffolders

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