cystic fibrosis transport regulator

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   the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis

   SynonymsCFTR

   Broadermutant gene

Questions about cystic fibrosis transport regulator

What does cystic fibrosis transport regulator mean?

cystic fibrosis transport regulator means "the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis".

What is another word for cystic fibrosis transport regulator?

Close synonyms include CFTR. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cystic fibrosis transport regulator a common word?

cystic fibrosis transport regulator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.