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transbilayer

transbilayer adjective: across or through a bilayer.

Adjective

transbilayer (not comparable)

  1. Across or through a bilayer.
    • Detailed studies have shown that LmrP mediates the transbilayer movement of the amphiphilic cationic substrate TMA-DPH (1-(4-(trimethylamino)phenyl)-6-phenylhexa-1,3,5-triene) from the inner leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane to the external side of the cell [5 ], thus effectively facilitating the...2015 November 6, “Hoechst 33342 Is a Hidden “Janus” amongst Substrates for the Multidrug Efflux Pump LmrP”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transbilayer

From trans- + bilayer.

Questions about transbilayer

What does transbilayer mean?
Transbilayer means across or through a bilayer.
What part of speech is transbilayer?
Transbilayer is an adjective.

Words near transbilayer in the dictionary

  1. Transbaikalians
  2. transbasal
  3. transbay
  4. transbian
  5. transbians
  6. transbilayer
  7. transbiliary
  8. transbixin
  9. transblack
  10. transblot
  11. transblotted

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