English Explanatory Dictionary

pyroptosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A supramolecular assembly of adaptor protein dimers that mediates inflammatory cell death.

Word forms

pyroptosome pyroptosomes

Etymology

From pyroptosis + -some.

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