folliculin

American

[fuh-lik-yuh-lin] / fəˈlɪk yə lɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

estrone.

folliculin British

/ fɒˈlɪkjʊlɪn /

noun

another name for oestrone

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Etymology

Origin of folliculin

1925–30; < Latin follicul ( us ) ( follicle ) + -in ²

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Petit, C. S., Roczniak-Ferguson, A. & Ferguson, S. M. Recruitment of folliculin to lysosomes supports the amino acid-dependent activation of Rag GTPases.

From Nature

The folliculin tumor suppressor is a GAP for the RagC/D GTPases that signal amino acid levels to mTORC1.

From Nature

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