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antiholin

antiholin noun: any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein.

Noun

antiholin (plural antiholins)

  1. Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein
    • Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P.2016 January 27, “The Phenazine 2-Hydroxy-Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Extracellular DNA Release and Has Broad Transcriptomic Consequences in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30–84”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of antiholin

pluralantiholins

Origin of antiholin

From anti- + holin.

Questions about antiholin

What does antiholin mean?
Antiholin means any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein.
What part of speech is antiholin?
Antiholin is a noun.
What is the plural of antiholin?
The plural of antiholin is antiholins.

Words near antiholin in the dictionary

  1. antiholdup
  2. antihole
  3. antiholes
  4. antiholiday
  5. antiholidays
  6. antiholin
  7. antiholins
  8. antiholism
  9. antiholistic
  10. antiholomorphic
  11. antiholon

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