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Definition of Ethionine
1. Noun. (amino acid) A toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group. ¹
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Definition of Ethionine
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Medical Definition of Ethionine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethionine
Literary usage of Ethionine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... reported that inhibitors of biological methylation, such as ethionine, when
added to tetracycline-producing fermentations resulted in the accumulation ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Howard University, Washington, DC 20001 ethionine metabolism in neoplasms may r
significantly from metabolism in nor- tissue (Fig. 1). ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The effects of age and of ethionine feeding on the ribonucleic acid and protein
synthesis of rats. J. Gerontol. 22:3l8-324. Becci, PJ, EM McDowell, ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"ethionine was also used in these experiments but no significant change occured.
These data indicate that most of the increased specific activities in SAMP ..."