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importin

noun

Etymology

From import + -in.

  1. derived from importō — “bring in from abroad, import”
  2. derived from emporter
  3. inherited from importen
  4. suffixed as importin — “import + in”

Definitions

  1. Any of various karyopherins that move other protein molecules into the cell nucleus by…

    Any of various karyopherins that move other protein molecules into the cell nucleus by binding to a specific recognition sequence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for importin. 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