progranulin

P3R1O1G2R1A1N1U1L1I1N1

noun

A precursor protein to granulin.

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Meanings

nounprogranulin (plural progranulins)

plural progranulins

  1. A precursor protein to granulin.

    Haploinsufficiency of the human progranulin gene, GRN, causes frontotemporal dementia.

    2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + granulin.

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