centrophilin

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English

Etymology

From centrophilic +‎ -in.

Noun

centrophilin (plural centrophilins)

  1. (biochemistry) A mitotic spindle protein involved in microtubule nucleation
    • 2015 August 20, Edward K. L. Chan et al., “Report of the First International Consensus on Standardized Nomenclature of Antinuclear Antibody HEp-2 Cell Patterns 2014–2015”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI:
      The target antigen is a 210-kDa centrophilin that is not only localized in the pericentrosomal region of mitotic cells but also present in interphase nuclear matrix ( 46 ).