effector

noun
/ɪˈfek.tə/UK/ɪˈfɛk.təɹ/CA/əˈfek.tə/

Etymology

From effect + -or.

Definitions

  1. Any muscle, organ etc. that can respond to a stimulus from a nerve.

  2. The part of a nerve that carries a stimulus to a muscle etc.

  3. Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric…

    Any small molecule that effects the function of an enzyme by binding to an allosteric site.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An actuator.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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