acidotropic
acidotropic adjective: that accumulates in acidic environments.
Adjective
acidotropic (comparative more acidotropic, superlative most acidotropic)
- That accumulates in acidic environments.
- In order to investigate further the nature of the enlarged multilamellar structures in the AP-5 patient lines, we used cryo-immunoelectron microscopy and acidotropic and hydrolytic-activity-dependent fluorescent probes.2015 June 17, Jennifer Hirst et al., “Loss of AP-5 results in accumulation of aberrant endolysosomes: defining a new type of lysosomal storage disease”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI
Forms of acidotropic
| comparative | more acidotropic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most acidotropic |
Origin of acidotropic
From acid + -tropic.
Questions about acidotropic
- What does acidotropic mean?
- Acidotropic means that accumulates in acidic environments.
- What part of speech is acidotropic?
- Acidotropic is an adjective.
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