English Explanatory Dictionary

Janus kinase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway.

Word forms

Janus kinase Janus kinases

Etymology

Shortened from just another kinase (being part of a large number of discoveries at the time); see Janus.

Synonyms

JAK
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