antiholin

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noun

Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein

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Meanings

nounantiholin (plural antiholins)

plural antiholins

  1. biochemistryAny protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein

    Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P.

    2016 January 27, “The Phenazine 2-Hydroxy-Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Extracellular DNA Release and Has Broad Transcriptomic Consequences in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30–84”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From anti- + holin.

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APA

antiholin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholin

MLA

“antiholin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiholin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiholin.

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