presenilin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of transmembrane proteins

Word forms

presenilin presenilins

Etymology

From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.

Derived words

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