English Explanatory Dictionary

stargazin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brain-specific transmembrane protein associated with a form of epilepsy

Word forms

stargazin stargazins

Etymology

From stargaze + -in, since modifications of the protein caused mice to gaze upward in experiments.

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