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(biology) A protein complex that occurs at cell-cell junctions in epithelial tissues
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(biochemistry) An adipose differentiation-related protein associated with globule surface membrane material
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(neuroscience) a protein involved in the formation of neuromuscular junctions during embryonic development
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(biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
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(biochemistry) Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein
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Alternative spelling of cell-adhesion molecule [(biology) Any of a class of cell-surface proteins, typically glycoproteins, which enable and/or stabilize physical connections between cells or between a cell and an acellular material, such as an extracellular matrix]
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Alternative spelling of chemokine [(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.]
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(biochemistry) Initialism of cytokine. [(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.]
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(biology) One of the two major types of albumin found in egg white (the other being ovalbumin), which isolates and sequesters metallic contaminants in the egg white.
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(biochemistry) Anything that countertransports
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(physiology) A temporary link between myosin and actin filaments during muscle contraction
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An antigen located on the surface of red blood cells, encoding a glycosylated membrane protein that is a non-specific receptor for several chemokines.
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(biochemistry) Any of a class of opsins that are expressed within the brain
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(biochemistry) A fraction of serum proteins obtained as a precipitate by adjusting salt levels and pH
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(biochemistry) A component of several ribonucleoproteins.
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(biochemistry) An assembly of protein that mediate signalling
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That releases or activates hypocretin
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
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(biochemistry) A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes
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(biochemistry) A particular secretoglobin protein, associated with breast cancer
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(biochemistry) A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids, and sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
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(biochemistry) A very short form of fibrillin that serves as a scaffold for the deposition of elastin
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(biochemistry) Any of a class of GTP-binding proteins embedded in the outer membrane of the mitochondria
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(biochemistry) A mitochondrial cytokine
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(biochemistry) A cytokine produced by monocytes (or macrophages)
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(biochemistry) A protein that is linked with skeletal muscle repair.
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(biochemistry) The globulin of muscle tissue
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(biochemistry) A form of cytokine produced in muscle cells
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, mutations in whose genes are associated with nephronophthisis.
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(biochemistry) A neurotrophic protein that promotes neurite growth
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(biochemistry) A protein that has a centrosomal function
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(biochemistry) Any cytokine that regulates the cells of a particular organ
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(biochemistry) A protein fragment that modulates osteogenesis
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(biochemistry) A glycoprotein of the acellular gel of the inner ear
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Alternative form of ovalbumin [(biochemistry) A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white.]
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Any of a class of proteins found in egg white.
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(biochemistry) A proteid-like body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.
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(biochemistry) A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites
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(biochemistry) Any of a family of physiologically-active cytokines
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The primary site of integrin-stimulated actin polymerization in some leukocytes
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(biochemistry) A protein whose inactivation by mutation leads to the formation of retinoblastomas.
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(biochemistry, sometimes capitalized) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.
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A form of fibronectin that has enhanced adhesion
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of membrane proteins associated with presynaptic vesicles in neurons
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(obsolete, biochemistry) A form of fibrin found in muscle tissue, or produced by the action of acids on myosin
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(biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, similar to cytokines, that are produced by the action of some DNA viruses
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(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any of the molecules expressed by subsets of Purkinje cells that reveal the underlying zone-and-stripe architecture of the cerebellum.
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(biochemistry) A male reproductive protein associated with cell adhesion.
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