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claspin

noun

Etymology

From clasp + -in, because it clasps replication forks and related branched DNA structures.

  1. inherited from clyppan
  2. inherited from claspe
  3. suffixed as claspin — “clasp + in”

Definitions

  1. A particular protein

    A particular protein; its function in humans is not yet known.

    • It has been shown that claspin positively affects the survival of cancer cells.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for claspin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA