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auristatin

auristatin noun: any of a family of particular antineoplastic agents.

Noun

auristatin (plural auristatins)

  1. Any of a family of particular antineoplastic agents
    • Here, we examine the stability of a non-cleavable Amino-PEG6-based linker bearing the monomethyl auristatin D (MMAD) payload site-specifically conjugated at multiple positions on an antibody.2015 July 11, “Site-Dependent Degradation of a Non-Cleavable Auristatin-Based Linker-Payload in Rodent Plasma and Its Effect on ADC Efficacy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of auristatin

pluralauristatins

Questions about auristatin

What does auristatin mean?
Auristatin means any of a family of particular antineoplastic agents.
What part of speech is auristatin?
Auristatin is a noun.
What is the plural of auristatin?
The plural of auristatin is auristatins.

Words near auristatin in the dictionary

  1. auriscope
  2. auriscopes
  3. auriscopic
  4. auriscopy
  5. aurist
  6. auristatin
  7. auristatins
  8. aurists
  9. aurited
  10. aurivilliusite
  11. aurivorous

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