shelterin

noun

Etymology

From shelter + -in.

  1. inherited from sċildtruma
  2. inherited from sheltron
  3. suffixed as shelterin — “shelter + in

Definitions

  1. A complex of proteins associated with telomeres that protect the ends of chromosomes

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shelterin. 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