Claspin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular protein; its function in humans is not yet known. uncountable

    "It has been shown that claspin positively affects the survival of cancer cells."

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"It has been shown that claspin positively affects the survival of cancer cells."

Etymology

From clasp + -in, because it clasps replication forks and related branched DNA structures.

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