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synucleins

synucleins is the plural of synuclein.

Meaning of synuclein

Noun

synuclein (countable and uncountable, plural synucleins)

  1. A small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
    • One of the hallmarks of the condition is deposits of insoluble fibres of a substance called synuclein. Normally found as small soluble molecules in healthy nerve cells, in people with Parkinson’s, something causes the synuclein molecules to warp into a different shape, making them clump together as...2016 December 3, Clare Wilson, “Parkinson’s: we’re looking in the wrong place”, in New Scientist, number 3102, archived from the original on 19 May 2017, page 8

Questions about synucleins

What is synucleins the plural of?
Synucleins is the plural of synuclein.

Words near synucleins in the dictionary

  1. syntypes
  2. syntypic
  3. synuclein
  4. synucleinopathies
  5. synucleinopathy
  6. synucleins
  7. synucleopathies
  8. synucleopathy
  9. synulotic
  10. synurban
  11. synurbic

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