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spinophilin

noun

Etymology

From spine + -o- + -phile + -in.

  1. derived from spīna
  2. derived from espine
  3. inherited from spyne
  4. formed as spinophilin — “spine + -o- + -phile + -in”

Definitions

  1. A regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1 catalytic subunit, highly enriched in…

    A regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1 catalytic subunit, highly enriched in dendritic spines.

    • We have previously shown that spinophilin attenuates the α 2A AR-dependent hypotensive response; in spinophilin null mice, this response is highly potentiated.

The neighborhood

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