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tunicamycin

tunicamycin noun: an enzyme-inhibiting antibiotic, used as an experimental tool in biology.

Noun

tunicamycin (uncountable)

  1. An enzyme-inhibiting antibiotic, used as an experimental tool in biology.
    • The glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin, which increases the level of unfolded proteins, also induced P hsp-4 ::GFP expression.2009 January 30, Lori L. Anderson et al., “Survival from Hypoxia in C. elegans by Inactivation of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases”, in Science

Questions about tunicamycin

What does tunicamycin mean?
Tunicamycin means an enzyme-inhibiting antibiotic, used as an experimental tool in biology.
What part of speech is tunicamycin?
Tunicamycin is a noun.

Words near tunicamycin in the dictionary

  1. tunicae albugineae
  2. tunicae mediae
  3. tunicae mucosae
  4. tunicae serosae
  5. tunical
  6. tunicamycin
  7. tunicaries
  8. tunicary
  9. tunicas
  10. tunicate
  11. tunicated

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