Hexahistidyl

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Six histidyl groups in a molecule uncountable

    "Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E."

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"Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E."

Etymology

From hexa- + histidyl.

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