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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
proteins found innerve tissue
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Examples
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[S] cientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for. .nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.
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This was a speech on autism, and Palin's critics have pounced on the fact that a recent study of Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: In Case You Weren't Scared Enough: Palin on "Fruit Fly Research" 2008
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Now scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for these nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.
Speedlinking 9/7/07 William Harryman 2007
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This was a speech on autism, and Palin's critics have pounced on the fact that a recent study of Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
RVABlogs 2008
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Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
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The gene makes a type of protein called a neurexin, which sits in the membranes of neurons, controlling interactions between different cells during the development and wiring up of the nervous system.
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[S] cientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for. .nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.
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This was a speech on autism, and Palin's critics have recent study of Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
3quarksdaily 2008
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Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
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Drosophila fruit flies showed that a protein called neurexin is essential for proper neurological function -- a discovery with clear implications for autism research.
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