prestin

English

Etymology

Coined in 2000 from the musical term presto (meaning fast) because of the speed of the protein.^[1]

Noun

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prestin

prestin (plural prestins)

(biochemistry) A protein in the hairs of the inner ear

References

^ Zheng J, Shen W, He DZ, Long KB, Madison LD, Dallos P (2000 June) “Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells”, in Nature, volume 405, number 6783, →Bibcode, →DOI, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10821263 ��PMID], pages 149–55

Anagrams

Petrins, Pinters, Pitners, SIPRNET, e-prints, pinters, pre-tins, pretins, pterins, septrin, terpins

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɾes.tin]

Verb

prestin

inflection of prestar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

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