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phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride noun: a serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.

Noun

phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (uncountable)

  1. A serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.
    • One hundred milligrams of frozen lung tissue was homogenized in buffer A (0.32 M sucrose, 5 m M Tris–HCl pH 7.5, 120 m M KCl, 1 m M EDTA, 0.2 m M phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, 1 μg ml −1 leupeptin, 1 μg ml −1 pepstatin and 1 μg ml −1 aprotinin) and spun at 4 °C, 12 890 g for 10 min.2015 June 5, Jun Chai et al., “Effects of sevoflurane on tight junction protein expression and PKC-α translocation after pulmonary ischemia–reperfusion injury”, in Experimental & Molecular Medicine...
    Synonyms:
    PMSF

Synonyms of phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

Questions about phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

What does phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride mean?
Phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride means a serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.
What part of speech is phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride?
Phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride is a noun.

Words near phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride in the dictionary

  1. phenylmethane
  2. phenylmethanesulfonyl
  3. phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
  4. phenylmethyl
  5. phenylmethylsulfonyl
  6. phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
  7. phenylmethylsulphonyl
  8. phenylnitrone
  9. phenylnitrones
  10. phenylosazone
  11. phenylosazones

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