zyxin
English edit
Etymology edit
From the gene name ZYX, + -in.
Noun edit
zyxin (plural zyxins)
- (biochemistry) A certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it
- 1999, Beth E. Drees, Mary C. Beckerle, “Zyxin”, in Thomas Kreis, Ronald Vale, editors, Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix, Anchor, and Adhesion Proteins[1], →ISBN, page 96:
- Human zyxin is a 572 amino acid protein; sequence analysis suggests that its biochemical properties are similar to those of avian zyxin.
See also edit
- Wikigenes entry
zyxin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
