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PMSF

PMSF is the abbreviation of phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride.

PMSF is the abbreviation of phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride.

Meaning of phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride

Noun

phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride (uncountable)

  1. A serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.
    Synonyms:
    PMSF

Meaning of phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

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

Questions about PMSF

What is PMSF the abbreviation of?
PMSF is the abbreviation of phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride.

Words near PMSF in the dictionary

  1. PMSA
  2. PMSed
  3. PMSer
  4. PMSers
  5. PMSes
  6. PMSF
  7. PMSI
  8. PMSing
  9. PMSIs
  10. PMSL
  11. PMSM

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