myoneurin

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English

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Etymology

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From myo- +‎ neur- +‎ -in.

Noun

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myoneurin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of zinc finger proteins whose members have been implicated in regulatory functions of gene expression
    • 2016 January 1, “Associations of TERC Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Human Leukocyte Telomere Length and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In that essence, the effect of such SNPs can be mediated through one of the other genes in 3q26 locus that were found to actually play a role in controlling expression either by activating or repressing the transcription of various genes such as encoding myoneurin (MYNN) including telomerase.