Definitions For Cavin

Etymology 1

From {{bor, en, fr, cavin}} (same meaning), ultimately from {{noncog, la, cavus}}.

Noun

CAVIN (plural CAVINs) (military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.

Etymology 2

From {{af, en, caveola, alt1=cav(eola), -in}}. Coined in {{cite-journal, year=2005, journal=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, volume=1717, issue=1, pages=34-40, author=J. Vinten et al., title=Identification of a major protein on the cytosolic face of caveolae, text=Cav-p60, a specific and ubiquitous caveolar protein, was{{...}}identified as similar to a GeneBank entry annotated mouse polymerase transcript release factor (PTRF){{...}}The results show that in a large number of cell types, PTRF is essentially located to caveolae, and that each caveola harbors many copies of the protein. Consequently, we suggest the name Cavin [sic – not capitalised elsewhere in the article] for this protein.}}.

Noun

{{en-noun, ?}} (biochemistry) A type of protein that is involved in forming the caveola of many vertebrate cells.

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