Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pseudokeratin — A protein extracted from epidermis and nervous tissue (glial fibrils), probably involved in keratinization. * * * pseu·do·ker·a·tin ker ət ən n a protein (as neurokeratin) that occurs esp. in the skin and nerve sheaths and that like keratins is… … Medical dictionary
pseudokeratin — pseu·do·keratin … English syllables
Keratin — Protein in the upper layer of the skin, hair, nails and animal horns. The word keratin comes from the Indo European ker meaning horn. * * * Collective name for a group of proteins that form the intermediate filaments in epithelial cells. Keratins … Medical dictionary
neurokeratin — 1. The proteinaceous network that remains of the myelin sheath of axons following fixation and the removal of the fatty material; the reticular appearance is probably a fixation artifact. 2. The insoluble protein … Medical dictionary
neurokeratin — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at neuro + noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary neur + keratin : a pseudokeratin present in nerve tissue (as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers) … Useful english dictionary
