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Definition of "proteosome" []

  • Alternative spelling of proteasome. (noun)

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Use "proteosome" in a sentence
  • "In particular, they found that drugs called proteosome inhibitors could provide one way of manipulating cells into producing more of a so-called chaperone protein, named Hsp70, which helps amino acid chains fold into their proper protein form."
  • "The cell has its own trash can called the proteosome, and damaged proteins are deposited there."
  • "Here's the question: Just found out that lactacystin is an inhibitor of proteosome activity and may therefore be related to experimentally induced Alzheimers."
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