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Cyclen vs Cyclin - What's the difference?

cyclen | cyclin |

As nouns the difference between cyclen and cyclin

is that cyclen is 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane, a macrocycle and the aza analogue of the crown ether 12-crown-4 while cyclin is (protein) any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase.

cyclen

English

(wikipedia cyclen)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane, a macrocycle and the aza analogue of the crown ether 12-crown-4.

    • cyclin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cyclin) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase