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Janus kinase
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English
Etymology
Shortened from just another kinase (being part of a large number of discoveries at the time); see en Janus.
Noun
en enzyme Any of a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway.
en JAK abbreviation
en JAK1 JAK2 JAK3 TYK2