English

Noun

livin

1. (biochemistry) A particular protein that inhibits apoptosis
   • 2015, Praveen Kumar Jaiswal, Apul Goel, R.D. Mittal, “Survivin: A molecular biomarker in cancer”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 141, DOI:10.4103/0971-5916.159250:

     Eight members of the family of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are reported, including X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), cIAP1, cIAP2, NAIP (NLR family, apoptosis inhibitory protein), livin, ILP2 (IAP-like protein 2), BRUCE and survivin 1 2 3 .