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Definition of Protamine
1. Noun. A simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin.
Definition of Protamine
1. Noun. (biochemistry) any of a class of proteins, rich in arginine, found in the sperm of fish; used medicinally to control the action of insulin ¹
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Definition of Protamine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protamine
Literary usage of Protamine
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 (1900)
"Thus it appeared that the biuret color test is not peculiar to one certain "protamine
group," and from this standpoint there is no reason to believe that ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"The heads extracted with alcohol-ether contain on an average 960 pm protamine
nucleate, which nevertheless is not uniform, but is- so divided that the outer ..."
3. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"These compounds, once formed, are tolerably stable, and when precautions are
taken to prevent admixture with excess of protamine they are found to be of ..."
4. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"These compounds, once formed, are tolerably stable, and when precautions are
taken to prevent admixture with excess of protamine they are found to be of ..."
5. Intracellular Enzymes: A Course of Lectures Given in the Physiological by Horace Middleton Vernon (1908)
"This solution of free amino acids and their carbonates, the products of cleavage
of the protamine, was kept at room temperature with glycerin extract of the ..."
6. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: By John A. Mandel by Olof Hammarsten (1908)
"The heads extracted with alcohol-ether contain on an average 960 pm protamine
nucleate, which nevertheless is not uniform, but is so divided that the outer ..."
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