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oligohistidine

oligohistidine noun: an oligomer of histidine.

Noun

oligohistidine (plural oligohistidines)

  1. An oligomer of histidine
    • For example, attachment of oligohistidine tags to the periplasmic termini of membrane proteins often interferes with folding and drastically impairs expression in Escherichia coli.2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside...

Forms of oligohistidine

pluraloligohistidines

Origin of oligohistidine

From oligo- + histidine.

Questions about oligohistidine

What does oligohistidine mean?
Oligohistidine means an oligomer of histidine.
What part of speech is oligohistidine?
Oligohistidine is a noun.
What is the plural of oligohistidine?
The plural of oligohistidine is oligohistidines.

Words near oligohistidine in the dictionary

  1. oligoheteromeric
  2. oligohexamer
  3. oligohexameric
  4. oligohexamers
  5. oligohidrosis
  6. oligohistidine
  7. oligohistidines
  8. oligohumic
  9. oligohyaluronate
  10. oligohyaluronates
  11. oligohydramnic

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