amphipol

A1M3P3H4I1P3O1L1

noun

Any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounamphipol (plural amphipols)

plural amphipols

  1. Any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants

    Interestingly, purified Kv1.3 proteins exchanged into the amphipol A8-35 appeared as a double band on 8 % SDS-PAGE.

    2015 July 10, John M. Spear et al., “Kv1.3 contains an alternative C-terminal ER exit motif and is recruited into COPII vesicles by Sec24a”, in BMC Biochemistry, volume 16, →DOI

Origin

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