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ZINC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

Synonyms:

atomic number 30; zinc; Zn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("zinc" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zinc"):

spelter (impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat or cover with zinc

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "zinc" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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 Context examples: 

HDM2, a zinc finger nuclear phosphoprotein, is a negative regulator of the p53 pathway, often overexpressed in cancer cells and has been implicated in cancer cell proliferation and survival.

(p53/HDM2 Interaction Inhibitor CGM097, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes zinc finger protein PLAGL1, is involved in the inhibition of cellular proliferation through induction of the p53 apoptosis and cell cycle arrest pathways.

(PLAGL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal TAFH domain of the protein CBFA2T3 protein fused to the zinc finger protein GLIS2 protein.

(CBFA2T3/GLIS2 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Cip1-interacting zinc finger protein (898 aa, ~100 kDa) is encoded by the human CIZ1 gene.

(Cip1-Interacting Zinc Finger Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Cip1-interacting zinc finger protein, is involved in the positive regulation of DNA replication.

(CIZ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes zinc finger protein PLAG1, plays a role in cellular proliferation.

(PLAG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes POZ-, AT hook-, and zinc finger-containing protein 1, plays a role in the negative regulation of transcription.

(PATZ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes zinc finger protein PLAGL2, plays a role in the modulation of Wnt signaling, transcription and DNA binding.

(PLAGL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal zinc finger domain of protein AF-10 fused to the last 4 amino acids of the phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein.

(MLLT10/PICALM Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

LIV-1, a member of the zinc transporter family, is expressed in several types of solid tumors and plays a key role in tumor cell progression and metastasis.

(Anti-LIV-1 Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate SGN-LIV1A, NCI Thesaurus)