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MSH3

MSH3 (mutS homolog 3, HGNC:7326), human gene at 5q14.1 encoding a DNA mismatch repair protein; with MSH2 forms MutSβ, recognizing insertion-deletion loops up to 13 nucleotides, linked to colorectal, bladder, and endometrial cancers.

MSH3-related polyposis

MSH3-related polyposis (FAP4, OMIM 617100, ORPHA:480536) is a rare autosomal recessive polyposis syndrome from biallelic MSH3 mismatch repair gene variants, marked by attenuated colorectal polyposis, EMAST tetranucleotide instability, and CRC, gastric, and astrocytoma risk.

MSH6

MSH6 (GTBP, HNPCC5) encodes the MutSα mismatch-recognition protein paired with MSH2; germline pathogenic variants cause Lynch syndrome type 5 with about 25% lifetime cancer risk, later colorectal cancer onset, and isolated MSH6 loss on tumor IHC.

Mshak

Mshak (Armenian: Մշակ, "The Cultivator") was an Armenian literary and political newspaper published in Tiflis from 1872 to 1921, founded by the publicist Grigor Artsruni.

Mshoza

Mshoza, born Nomasonto Maswanganyi, was a South African kwaito singer from Soweto billed the First Lady of Kwaito, best known for the hit "Kortes"; she died in 2020 at 37.

MSI2

MSI2 (musashi RNA binding protein 2, MUSASHI2) is a chromosome 17q22 gene encoding a two-RRM RNA-binding protein that maintains hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, acts as an oncogene in AML and other cancers, and carries a protective clonal hematopoiesis variant.

Msiri

Msiri, also known as Ngelengwa or M'Siri, was a Nyamwezi trader and warlord who founded the Garanganze (Yeke) kingdom in Katanga, ruling from the 1860s until 1891.

MSISDN

MSISDN, short for Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number, is the E.164 number assigned to a mobile subscription, in everyday terms the subscriber's phone number.

MŠK Žilina

MŠK Žilina (Šošoni), Slovak football club founded 1908 in Žilina, plays in the Niké Liga. Nine recognized titles (1928, 1929, 2002–2017), two Slovak Cups, 2010/11 Champions League group stage, renowned academy.

Msletten II (fortified farm)

Msletten II (fortified farm), an ancient Roman-period fortified farm (qasr) near the Msletten "needle" tombs, Wadi Merdum, Misratah, Libya; 31.3646 N, 14.61424 E; linked to 2nd-3rd century CE burials and Qasr Bularkan.

MSMA

MSMA (monosodium methanearsonate), the sodium salt of monomethylarsonic acid, is an organic arsenical postemergent herbicide used since the 1950s on cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way; soil microbes can convert it to toxic inorganic arsenic, driving EPA phase-outs and ongoing registration review.

MSN

MSN (originally The Microsoft Network) is Microsoft's web portal of news, weather, and lifestyle services at MSN.com, launched with Windows 95 in 1995 and rebranded Microsoft News in 2018.

MSN (association football)

MSN: Messi, Suárez, and Neymar's FC Barcelona attacking trio, 2014-2017, 363 goals, 2014-15 treble, ended by Neymar's €222m PSG move; rival of Real Madrid's BBC.

MSNBC

MSNBC, now MS NOW (My Source for News, Opinion and the World), is an American cable news channel launched July 15, 1996 as a Microsoft-NBC joint venture, later owned by Comcast and spun off into Versant in 2026.

Msondo

Msondo (also spelled msondro) is a tall drum of the Swahili coast of East Africa, and by extension the women's initiation and wedding dance performed with it.

Msouth Equity Partners

MSouth Equity Partners is an Atlanta-based lower middle market private equity firm founded in 2007 as successor to Cravey, Green & Wahlen, investing over $1.9 billion in 46 companies.

MSP-INVO IVF study

The MSP-INVO IVF study is a registered observational trial in Pakistan evaluating a low-cost IVF protocol combining mild ovarian stimulation with intravaginal embryo culture using the INVOCell device.

MSP430

The MSP430 is a family of 16-bit ultra-low-power microcontrollers made by Texas Instruments and introduced in 1994, built on an orthogonal RISC CPU for battery-powered sensing, metering, and portable instruments, with FRAM memory offered since 2011.

MSR-VTT

MSR-VTT (MSR Video to Text) is a large-scale open-domain dataset of web video clips paired with natural-language descriptions, released by Microsoft Research in 2016 as a video captioning benchmark.

MSR1

MSR1 (CD204, SCARA1, SR-A1) is the macrophage scavenger receptor 1 gene at human 8p22, encoding a trimeric class A scavenger receptor binding polyanionic ligands, implicated in atherosclerosis, host defense, and prostate cancer risk.

Mss4

Mss4 (RABIF, mammalian suppressor of Sec4), with yeast ortholog Dss4, is a 17 kDa zinc-binding protein binding exocytic Rabs Rab1, Rab3, Rab8, Rab10; a weak GEF now established as a Rab-stabilizing holdase chaperone required for GLUT4 exocytosis, distinct from yeast PIP5-kinase MSS4.

Mstislav Gnevyshev

Mstislav Nikolaevich Gnevyshev (Мстислав Николаевич Гневышев, 1914–1992) was a Soviet astronomer at Pulkovo Observatory known for the Gnevyshev–Ohl rule, the Gnevyshev gap, and the Gnevyshev–Waldmeier rule.

Mstislav Gospel

The Mstislav Gospel (Мстиславово Евангелие), also called the Aprakos of Mstislav the Great, is an early 12th-century East Slavic illuminated Gospel manuscript written before 1117 for Novgorod prince Mstislav Vladimirovich.

Mstislav II

Mstislav II (Мстислав Изяславич), in baptism Feodor, was grand prince of Kiev from 1167 to 1169 and briefly in 1170, known for his campaigns against the Polovtsy.

Mstislav Keldysh (Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш)

Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш, 1911–1978), Soviet mathematician and mechanic, not the physicist Leonid Keldysh. Solved flutter and shimmy problems, directed the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics from 1953, led the USSR Academy of Sciences 1961–1975.

Mstislav Mstislavich the Daring

Mstislav Mstislavich the Daring (Мстислав Мстиславич Удалой) was a Rus' prince who ruled Novgorod and Galich, won the battle of Lipitsa in 1216, and died in 1228.

Mstislav Rostislavich the Bold

Mstislav Rostislavich the Bold (Мстислав Ростиславич Удалой) was a Kievan Rus' prince who held Belgorod, Smolensk, and Novgorod, dying in 1180 after defending Vyshgorod in 1173.

Mstislav Rostropovich (Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич)

Mstislav Rostropovich (Мстислав Леопольдович Ростропович), 1927–2007, Soviet-Russian cellist, conductor, and teacher; premiered nearly 200 works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Britten, led Washington's National Symphony Orchestra 1977–1994, and was exiled for defending human rights.

Mstislav the Great

Mstislav the Great (Мстислав Владимирович Великий), c. 1076 to 1132, was grand prince of Kiev from 1125 and the last prince to hold effective authority over all of Kievan Rus'.

Mstislav the Old

Mstislav the Old (Мстислав Романович Старый), baptized Boris, was a Rurikid prince who ruled Smolensk from 1197 and was grand prince of Kiev from 1212 to 1223.