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cyclin en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cyclin From cycle + -in.

Meanings

  1. 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

Forms

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Deriveds

retrocyclin

Translations (1)

tr siklin (proteins that regulate cell cycle)