Definition of "ephrin" [ephrin]

• Any of a class of protein that is involved in cell signalling (noun)

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• "Dr. McDonald and his collaborators coated magnetic cobalt-iron oxide nanoparticles with a molecular mimic of the natural ligand for this protein, a molecule known as ephrin-A1, to serve as a trap for ovarian cancer cells floating in ascites fluid, the liquid found in the intestinal cavity."
• "Todd McLaughlin, Ph. D., a senior research associate in the lab and co-first author, says that insight came in a eureka moment: "We realized that what we were observing in these mice was similar to what would happen if you deleted a gene called ephrin-A from the retina.""
• "A post is available for a Post-doctoral Training Fellow to work in the Cell Communication Team (Team Leader Dr Claus Jørgensen) on a project designed to systematically analyze bidirectional Eph-ephrin signalling in cancer using quantitative phospho-proteomics and RNAi screening."