Definition of Proinsulin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proinsulin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proinsulin

prohormone
prohormones
proign
proigned
proigning
proigns
proin
proindustrial
proine
proined
proines
proinflamation
proinflammatory
proining
proins
proinsulin (current term)
proinsulins
project
project engineer
project evaluation and review technique
project evaluation review technique
project manage
project management
project manager
projectability
projectable
projected
projectest
projecteth
projectile

Literary usage of Proinsulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"METABOLIC EPIPHENOMENA • proinsulin The association between hyperinsulinemia and NIDDM risk may theoretically be secondary to an association with proinsulin ..."

2. Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards by Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council (2006)
"(1993) could not distinguish between insulin and proinsulin, and the authors suggested that the observed increases in both IRI and serum glucose indicate ..."

3. In the Matter of Certain Recombinantly Produced Human Growth Hormones by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Thus, for example, Villa-Komaroff et al obtained cDNA for rat proinsulin which lacked codons ... Villa-Komaroff, supra (rat proinsulin); PH Seeburg et. al. ..."

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