centrophilin

C3E1N1T1R1O1P3H4I1L1I1N1

noun

A mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation

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Meanings

nouncentrophilin (plural centrophilins)

plural centrophilins

  1. biochemistryA mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation

    The target antigen is a 210-kDa centrophilin that is not only localized in the pericentrosomal region of mitotic cells but also present in interphase nuclear matrix ( 46 ).

    2015 August 20, Edward K. L. Chan et al., “Report of the First International Consensus on Standardized Nomenclature of Antinuclear Antibody HEp-2 Cell Patterns 2014–2015”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From centrophilic + -in.

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