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PUTATIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

Example:

the putative author of the book

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mutations in alpha-synuclein, UCHL1 (ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1), parkin, DJ1 (a parkin-associated protein involved with oxidative stress), and PINK1 (a putative serine threonine kinase) are known to cause early-onset PD.

(Parkinson's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This allele, which encodes platelet-derived growth factor receptor-like protein, plays a putative role in the inhibition of cell growth and proliferation.

(PDGFRL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

PDGF activates a RAS/PIK3/AKT1/IKK/NFKB1 pathway that induces putative anti-apoptotic genes.

(Platelet Derived Growth Factor Beta Chain, NCI Thesaurus)

The Drosophila gene osa encodes a putative DNA binding protein that contains an AT-rich interaction domain (ARID).

(OSA, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human OR1G1 Gene (GPCR1 Family), 313-aa 35-kDa integral membrane protein Olfactory Receptor 1G1 is a putative odorant receptor.

(Olfactory Receptor 1G1, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a putative role in the activation of bioreductive drugs and chemicals.

(NDOR1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in transcriptional regulation and is a putative prostate tumor suppressor.

(NKX3-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

TNK1 shares highest homology with ACK, especially in the kinase and putative SH3 domains.

(Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX6 protein, plays a putative role in mRNA decapping during the process of mRNA degradation.

(DDX6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Expressed in testis, thymus, small intestine, prostate, spleen, peripheral blood lymphocytes, and ovary and encoded by human DLEU1 Gene, DLEU1 Protein is a 72-amino acid putative tumor suppressor protein for BCLL.

(DLEU1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)