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  • noun biochemistry Any precursor of a thymosin polypeptide

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From pro- +‎ thymosin

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Examples

  • Salmonella choleraesuis vaccine expressing porcine prothymosin alpha.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Salmonella choleraesuis vaccine expressing porcine prothymosin alpha.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Aline F. Oliveira et al. 2010

  • Karapetian RN, Evstafieva AG, Abaeva IS, Chichkova NV, Filonov GS, et al. (2005) Nuclear oncoprotein prothymosin alpha is a partner of Keap1: implications for expression of oxidative stress-protecting genes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tomonaga Ichikawa et al. 2009

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