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leishporins

leishporins is the plural of leishporin.

Meaning of leishporin

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...

Questions about leishporins

What is leishporins the plural of?
Leishporins is the plural of leishporin.

Words near leishporins in the dictionary

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

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