artemin

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noun

A neurotrophin, or nerve growth factor, in the GDNF family, bonding to the receptor GFRalpha3-RET.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounartemin (plural artemins)

plural artemins · alternative Artemin

  1. biochemistryA neurotrophin, or nerve growth factor, in the GDNF family, bonding to the receptor GFRalpha3-RET.

Origin

Coined in a 1998 paper by R.H. Baloh et al., in the journal Neuron. http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(00)80649-2

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Translations

Portuguese artemina
  • arteminaa nerve growth factor in the GDNF family

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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