carboxyatractyloside

noun

A glycoside that induces apoptosis by inhibiting adenine nucleotide translocase

Scrabble 40

Meanings

nouncarboxyatractyloside (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA glycoside that induces apoptosis by inhibiting adenine nucleotide translocase

    Further experiments indicated that oligomycin cannot be replaced by the adenine nucleotide translocase inhibitors bongkrekic acid or carboxyatractyloside because, although these compounds have effects in permeabilized cells, they do not inhibit oxidative phosphorylation in intact cells.

    2016 March 8, “Underestimation of the Maximal Capacity of the Mitochondrial Electron Transport System in Oligomycin-Treated Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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