prestin

English

Etymology

Coined in 2000 from the musical term presto (meaning fast) because of the speed of the protein.[1]

Noun

prestin (plural prestins)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein in the hairs of the inner ear

References

  1. ^ Zheng J, Shen W, He DZ, Long KB, Madison LD, Dallos P (June 2000) “Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells”, in Nature, volume 405, number 6783, →Bibcode, →DOI, →PMID, pages 149–55

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Verb

prestin

  1. inflection of prestar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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