- However, their pleiotropic nature leaves open the possibility that their well-known differentiation, cell-cycle arrest and apoptotic properties are also involved in other functions associated with HDAC inhibition.
Pleiotropic
adjective; derivation
Said of the multiple phenotypic characteristics that can result from a single gene.
Etymology : Gr. pleio ‘more’ + trop ‘turn, turning’ + -ic ‘resembling, characterized by’
Source : Ana Villar-Garea, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: Understanding a New Wave of Anticancer Agents
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