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preproprotein
(redirected from Protein precursor)

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preproprotein /pre·pro·pro·tein/ (-pro-pro´tēn) any precursor of a proprotein.
preproprotein [pre″-pro-pro´tēn]
any precursor of a proprotein.

preproprotein
any precursor of a proprotein.


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[16-21] Among localized (or predominantly localized) forms, amyloid derived from A[Beta] protein precursor (A[Beta]PP) and prion protein (PrP) are associated with cerebral pathologic conditions, such as Alzheimer disease (AD), aging, familial cerebral amyloidosis (prototype Dutch), and spongi-form encephalopathies.
They added to the mice a gene for the protein precursor of beta-amyloid, having first given the gene a mutation identical to one found in a family plagued by early-onset Alzheimer's.
CGEN-34: A splice variant of the ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) hormone Compugen has identified an alternative splicing event in the gene that codes for the protein precursor of two natriuretic peptide hormones: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and Urodilatin.
 
 
 
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