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Definition of Amanitin
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amanitin
Literary usage of Amanitin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"concentration of a-amanitin were found to correspond to the background samples
containing no RNA polymerase when the purified enzyme was used. ..."
2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... histamine as suggested by measurement of the subsequent decay of Penk mRNA
levels after addition of alpha-amanitin or alpha-amanitin and cycloheximide. ..."
3. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
"Isolation and characterization of an alpha-amanitin-resistant rat myoblast mutant
cell line possessing alpha-amanitin-resistant RNA polymerase II. ..."
4. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD (2003)
"In these experiments zygotes from all developmental stage excluding oocytes were
exposed to treatment with alpha-amanitin for both four and twelve hours. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"amanitin is not poisonous, but is converted by oxidation into mus- carin (<Jv),
to which the deadly ... amanitin is believed to be identical with cholin, ..."
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