1. Noun. (protein) Any of a family of proteins found in nerve tissue ¹
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Medical Definition of Neurexin
1. Synaptic cell surface proteins related to _ latrotoxin receptor, laminin and agrin. at least 180 transcripts from at least two genes. Cell recognition molecules at nerve terminal.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)