Definition of Neuregulin

1. Noun. (protein) Any of a family of proteins that have functions in the development of the nervous system ¹

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Medical Definition of Neuregulin

1. Growth factor of the EGF family that induces growth and differentiation of epithelial, glial and muscle cells in culture. Receptor is a tyrosine kinase: will bind erbB3 which will heterodimerise with erbB2. Gene disruption is lethal during embryogenesis with heart malformation and defects in Schwann cells and neural ganglia. Nature, 378, 386 This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuregulin

neurasthenically
neurasthenics
neuration
neurations
neuraxes
neuraxial
neuraxin
neuraxis
neuraxon
neuraxons
neurectasis
neurectoderm
neurectomies
neurectomy
neurectopia
neuregulin (current term)
neuregulins
neurenteric
neurenteric canal
neurenteric cysts
neurepithelium
neurergic
neurexeresis
neurexin
neurexins
neuridin
neurilemma
neurilemma cells
neurilemmal

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