checkpoint protein

noun

A protein that halts a cellular process until certain other processes are complete

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Meanings

nouncheckpoint protein (plural checkpoint proteins)

plural checkpoint proteins

  1. biochemistryA protein that halts a cellular process until certain other processes are complete
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