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carrier protein membrane proteins that have a high affinity for particular solutes, e.g. glucose, and which facilitate the passage of these solutes through membrane barriers. See also carrier-mediated transport. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But since 99 percent of T4 is bound to carrier proteins that carry the thyroid hormone around in your body, levels constantly change. Several vaccination strategies have been evaluated in mouse and ferret models, including M2-expressing recombinant viruses, M2 recombinant proteins (20,21), M2-encoding plasmid DNA (29), and synthetic M2e peptides that were chemically linked to carrier proteins or synthetically linked to defined helper T-cell determinants (22-24). Plasma carrier proteins are believed to have evolved, at least in part, to serve a functional role to bind and transport nonendogenous hydrophobic substances (Baker 2002). |
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