sonic hedgehog
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, in reference to the hedgehog signalling pathway.
Noun[edit]
- (biochemistry, sometimes capitalized) A morphogenic protein that controls cell division of adult stem cells and has been implicated in the development of some cancers.
Translations[edit]
protein
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See also[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English sonic hedgehog
Noun[edit]
sonic hedgehog
Declension[edit]
This word is usually not inflected, as it would be difficult to fit into any Finnish declension category. If there's a need to inflect sonic hedgehog, it is combined with something inflectable such as proteiini (“protein”) or molekyyli (“molecule”), e.g. sonic hedgehog -molekyyli.
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- Finnish terms spelled with C