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leishporin

leishporin noun: a porin isolated from species of Leishmania.

Noun

leishporin (plural leishporins)

  1. A porin isolated from species of Leishmania
    • Based on our findings that Leishmania have a pore-forming cytolysin that we call leishporin, we have been proposing that amastigotes egress from the macrophages is mediated by pore formation on the parasitophorous vacuole and the plasma membrane.2015 October 30, “Distinct Macrophage Fates after in vitro Infection with Different Species of Leishmania : Induction of Apoptosis by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, but Not by Leishmania...

Forms of leishporin

pluralleishporins

Origin of leishporin

Blend of taxonomic name Leishmania + porin.

Questions about leishporin

What does leishporin mean?
Leishporin means a porin isolated from species of Leishmania.
What part of speech is leishporin?
Leishporin is a noun.
What is the plural of leishporin?
The plural of leishporin is leishporins.

Words near leishporin in the dictionary

  1. leishmanization
  2. leishmanizations
  3. leishmanolysin
  4. leishmanolysins
  5. leishmanolytic
  6. leishporin
  7. leishporins
  8. Leising
  9. leisingite
  10. Leisings
  11. Leisler's bat

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