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cyclin

noun

Etymology

From cycle + -in.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. suffixed as cyclin — “cycle + in”

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that…

    Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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