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polypeptide

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 707798 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Medicine - Pathology - SurgeryChemistry
  • mitmest aminohappest koosnev peptiidahel, mis võib eraldi või koos teiste polüpeptiididega moodustada valgumolekuli
  • linear polymer of more than 10 amino acids that are linked by means of peptide bonds
  • a linear condensation of amino-acids which, alone or associated with others, forms a protein molecule
polüpeptiid
polypeptide
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  • Bacitracin zinc, a cyclic polypeptide, is also used in human medicine mainly for topical treatment of infections of the skin and mucosal surfaces. Publications show that it could possibly be used for the treatment of vancomycin resistant enterococci, which represent a clinical problem in human medicine.

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