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vi·ri·on

(vī'rē-on, vir'ē-on),
The complete virus particle that is structurally intact and infectious.
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Furthermore, treating serum with 2-mercapthoethanol increases the specificity of the test by destroying IgM pentamers that can interfere with evaluation of IgG but does not fully eliminate false positives because of heterologous cross-reactions (14, 27).
Brucellosis in Dogs and Public Health Risk
ARE basic motifs include pentamers of AUUUA, nonamers of UUAUUUAUU, and AU-rich clusters composed of linked pentamers and/or nonamers.
Post-transcriptional regulation of immune responses by RNA binding proteins
Zeng POCl3-mediated H-bonding-directed one-pot synthesis of macrocyclic pentamers, strained hexamers and highly strained heptamers, SCI China Chem, 55, 55 (2012).
Synthesis of Novel 2-Substituted Thiadiazole Derivatives
Mammalian nAChRs contain five subunits divided into the alpha ([alpha]2-[alpha]7, [alpha]9, and [alpha]10) and beta ([beta]2-[beta]4) subfamilies, which assemble into both heteromeric and homomeric pentamers [190].
Palmitoylation as a Functional Regulator of Neurotransmitter Receptors
It is still unclear if nAChR subunits of monocytic cells actually form conventional pentamers as shown in the schematic drawing.
Chemokines (CCL3, CCL4, and CCL5) Inhibit ATP-Induced Release of IL-1[beta] by Monocytic Cells
The used rMBL preparation consists largely of pentamers, hexamers, and heptamers of such subunits and has thus 15-21 AF680 fluorophores per rMBL molecule.
Diabetes Is Associated with Increased Autoreactivity of Mannan-Binding Lectin
The mature human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) capsid is best described by a fullerene cone model, in which hexamers of the capsid protein are linked to form a hexagonal surface lattice that is closed by incorporating 12 capsid-protein pentamers. HIV-1 capsid protein contains an amino-terminal domain (NTD) comprising seven (3-helices and a (3-hairpin, a carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) comprising four a-helices, and a flexible linker with a 310-helix connecting the two structural domains.
Imaging techniques combine to explore complex biological samples: ultra-sensitive biological samples pose unique challenges to microscopists, but advanced techniques working together can overcome these limitations
(72) One important feature of galectin-3 is its ability to form small clusters of galectin-3 molecules bound together in pentamers. This allows the molecule to participate in multiple cellular and extracellular processes involving tissue growth, structure, and immune modulation.
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IgM antibodies, being pentamers, are efficient agglutinins; with five antigen-binding sites, they can bridge this distance.
Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia presenting as massive splenomegaly in an elderly male which responded to steroid therapy
Procyanidin trimers to pentamers fractionated from apple inhibit melanogenesis in B16 mouse melanoma cells.
Anti-melanogenic effects of [delta]-tocotrienol are associated with tyrosinase-related proteins and MAPK signaling pathway in B16 melanoma cells
As a result, plasma cells secrete IgM either as "hexamers" [([H.sub.2][L.sub.2]).sub.6] or as "pentamers" [([H.sub.2][L.sub.2]).sub.5]J, in which a third antibody component, the J-chain, joins the "monomeric" units, again by disulfide bonds [1].
Missing links in antibody assembly control
The recombinant PPV VP2-derived VLPs were found to be stable when lyophilized and stored at -20[degrees]C longer than a year and VLPs remained intact when resolubilized in PBS as no pentamers or disrupted particles were observed by electron microscopy (Figure 2(b)).
Generation of recombinant porcine parvovirus virus-like particles in saccharomyces cerevisiae and development of virus-specific monoclonal antibodies

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