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shugoshins

shugoshins is the plural of shugoshin.

Meaning of shugoshin

Noun

shugoshin (plural shugoshins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins that play a role in the centromeric protection of cohesin
    • The shugoshin Sgo1 homodimer and inhibitor toxin microcystin peptide have been omitted for clarity.2015 May 13, Chey Loveday et al., “Mutations in the PP2A regulatory subunit B family genes PPP2R5B, PPP2R5C and PPP2R5D cause human overgrowth”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI

Questions about shugoshins

What is shugoshins the plural of?
Shugoshins is the plural of shugoshin.

Words near shugoshins in the dictionary

  1. Shugnanis
  2. Shugnans
  3. Shugni
  4. Shugnis
  5. shugoshin
  6. shugoshins
  7. Shugrue
  8. Shugrues
  9. shugs
  10. shuhari
  11. shui jiao

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