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virstatin

virstatin noun: the benzo-isoquinoline 4-(1,3-dioxo-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)butanoic acid that inhibits the expression of cholera toxin.

Noun

virstatin (uncountable)

  1. The benzo-isoquinoline 4-(1,3-dioxo-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)butanoic acid that inhibits the expression of cholera toxin
    • In a previous study, synthetic compound virstatin inhibited CT production by affecting ToxT post transcriptionally [14 ].2015 September 12, “Suppression of Virulence of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae by Anethole through the Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein Signaling System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about virstatin

What does virstatin mean?
Virstatin means the benzo-isoquinoline 4-(1,3-dioxo-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)butanoic acid that inhibits the expression of cholera toxin.
What part of speech is virstatin?
Virstatin is a noun.

Words near virstatin in the dictionary

  1. Virrueta
  2. Virruetas
  3. VIRS
  4. VirSC
  5. VIRSS
  6. virstatin
  7. Virtel
  8. Virtels
  9. VIRTIS
  10. virtopsies
  11. virtopsy

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