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Meaning of Goα | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

a type of GTP-binding protein subunit belonging to the Giα family, expressed primarily in neural cell types

uncountable

Examples

“1999. Yu, Bo. "An engineered mutant of G protein α subunit that binds xanthine nucleotide and not guanine nucleotide", Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology. The Giα family name implies that some of its members can inhibit adenylyl cyclase upon activation, and includes three Giα isoforms, Goα (a predominately neural α subunit, two different splicing variants), […]”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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