Janus kinase

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Janus kinase

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Shortened from just another kinase (being part of a large number of discoveries at the time); see Janus.

noun Janus kinases

Any of a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway.
Similar: JAK

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@misc{janus_kinase_2026,
  title = {Janus kinase},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/janus%20kinase},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}