Definition of Amanitins

1. Noun. (plural of amanitin) ¹

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Definition of Amanitins

1. amanitin [n] - See also: amanitin

Medical Definition of Amanitins

1. Cyclic peptides. The most toxic components of Amanita phalloides (Death cap toadstool). Specific inhibitors of RNA polymerase II in eukaryotes thus inhibiting protein synthesis by blocking the production of mRNA. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amanitins

amalgamator
amalgamators
amalgamize
amalgamized
amalgamizes
amalgamizing
amalgams
amandine
amandines
amanita
amanita phalloides
amanitas
amanitin
amanitine
amanitines
amanitins (current term)
amanitoid
amanse
amantadine
amantadine hydrochloride
amantadines
amanuenses
amanuensis
amapakati
amapakatis
amara
amaracus
amarant
amarantaceous
amaranth

Literary usage of Amanitins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Die Pflanzenstoffe in chemischer, physiologischer, pharmakologischer und by August Husemann, A. Hilger, Theodor Gottfried Husemann (1882)
"... leichter in Wasser löslich ist, als das des amanitins. ... Hierdurch ist die Synthese des amanitins aus ..."

2. Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen by Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (1869)
"... gewonnenen amanitins gestützt werden, deren Erörterung in einem späteren Kapitel vorbehalten wird. Dort findet sich dann freilich nur die Wirkung auf ..."

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