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amphipol

amphipol noun: any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants.

Noun

amphipol (plural amphipols)

  1. Any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants
    • Interestingly, purified Kv1.3 proteins exchanged into the amphipol A8-35 appeared as a double band on 8 % SDS-PAGE.2015 July 10, John M. Spear et al., “Kv1.3 contains an alternative C-terminal ER exit motif and is recruited into COPII vesicles by Sec24a”, in BMC Biochemistry, volume 16, →DOI

Forms of amphipol

pluralamphipols

Origin of amphipol

Short for amphipathic polymer.

Questions about amphipol

What does amphipol mean?
Amphipol means any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants.
What part of speech is amphipol?
Amphipol is a noun.
What is the plural of amphipol?
The plural of amphipol is amphipols.

Words near amphipol in the dictionary

  1. amphipodiform
  2. amphipodologist
  3. amphipodologists
  4. amphipodous
  5. amphipods
  6. amphipol
  7. Amphipolis
  8. amphipols
  9. amphiporid
  10. amphiporids
  11. amphiprostylar

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