syncytin

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noun

Any of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis

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Meanings

nounsyncytin (plural syncytins)

plural syncytins

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of captive retroviral envelope proteins involved in human placental morphogenesis
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