yap

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Finally, Torok and her colleagues went one step further, dissecting a series of cellular signals that promote liver cancer progression in viscoelastic conditions that includes a cancer-associated protein called YAP.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

Then, the researchers treated those human cell models with a special variety of protein called CXCL12, which restored YAP and TAZ and restarted normal angiogenesis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

By the end of August, threat intelligence had found “solid evidence” of the involvement of the YAP and was preparing to establish the full scope of the network.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2021

The growth and collapse of focal adhesions are mirrored by, respectively, the nuclear or cytosolic localization of the transcriptional regulator protein YAP.

From Nature • Dec. 5, 2017

YAP, YAPE, adj. having a keen appetite; very hungry.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander