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mirabilysin

mirabilysin noun: a Proteus mirabilis metalloprotease virulence factor.

Noun

mirabilysin (uncountable)

  1. A Proteus mirabilis metalloprotease virulence factor
    • The most reasonable explanation of these results that both native monomers and designed conjugates (in spite of the presence of PEG-linker or D-Lys in case of DK5 and its derivatives) appear to be the substrates for extracellular protease ZapA (also known as mirabilysin) produced by this strain.2015 October 17, “Synthesis and Evaluation of Biological Activity of Antimicrobial – Pro-Proliferative Peptide Conjugates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    ZapA

Synonyms of mirabilysin

  • ZapA

Origin of mirabilysin

mirabilis + lyse + -in

Questions about mirabilysin

What does mirabilysin mean?
Mirabilysin means a Proteus mirabilis metalloprotease virulence factor.
What part of speech is mirabilysin?
Mirabilysin is a noun.

Words near mirabilysin in the dictionary

  1. mirabilis
  2. mirabilises
  3. mirabilite
  4. mirabilites
  5. mirability
  6. mirabilysin
  7. mirable
  8. mirabolan
  9. mirabolans
  10. mirabolic
  11. Mirac

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