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muskelin

muskelin

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Noun

muskelin (countable and uncountable, plural muskelins)

  1. (biochemistry) An intracellular protein that acts as a mediator of cell spreading
    • 2015 November 17, “Genome-Wide Association Study of Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in a Community-Based Sample of Mexican-Americans in Starr County, Texas”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142130:
      Alterations to muskelin expression levels altered attachment to TSP-1 in association with subtle changes to the organization of focal contacts [53 ].