Phasin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phasin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules.
Example Sentences
We repeated the localization experiment overexpressing B. megaterium ’s chromosomally encoded phasin phaP, a natural main constituent of the PHB granules’ monolayer responsible for size regulation, to assess whether the aggregation of CYP11A1eGFP is an artificial effect due to the protein’s heterologous nature.
Word Forms
- phasins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pacsin, amphiphysin, bacteriopheophytin, phallisin, spinophillin, phallin.
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