centralspindlin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]central spindle + -in. Coined by the Glotzer et al. research group at the University of Vienna no later than 2001.[1]
Noun
[edit]centralspindlin
- (cytology, biochemistry) A protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis