centralspindlin

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noun

A protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis

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Meanings

noun
  1. biochemistryA protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis

Origin

From central spindle + -in. Coined by the Glotzer et al. research group at the University of Vienna no later than 2001.http://www.google.com/patents?id=CnaFAAAAEBAJ

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