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单词 bungarotoxin
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Definition of bungarotoxin in English:

bungarotoxin

noun ˌbʌŋɡərə(ʊ)ˈtɒksɪnˌbəNGɡərəˈtäksən
mass nounBiochemistry
  • A compound found in the venom of the krait (snake) which is a powerful neurotoxin.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Electron density profile structures were calculated in the absence and presence of [alpha] bungarotoxin, revealing a location for the toxin binding sites.
    • Nicotine and the snake venom, [alpha] bungarotoxin, also bind these receptors with agonistic and antagonistic effects, respectively.
    • The purified nAChR membrane vesicles were evaluated by quantitative SDS-PAGE and 125 - [alpha] bungarotoxin binding (data not shown).
    • Fictive correlates of these early behaviours can be recorded in embryos of Xenopus and Rana that have been immobilised in [alpha] bungarotoxin.
    • Venoms of the Elapidae snakes contain several postsynaptic polypeptide neurotoxins, such as bungarotoxin isolated from the venom of the banded krait.

Origin

1960s: from the modern Latin genus name Bungarus (perhaps from Sanskrit bhaṅgura 'bent') + toxin.

 
 

Definition of bungarotoxin in US English:

bungarotoxin

nounˌbəNGɡərəˈtäksən
Biochemistry
  • A powerful neurotoxin found in the venom of the krait.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Electron density profile structures were calculated in the absence and presence of [alpha] bungarotoxin, revealing a location for the toxin binding sites.
    • The purified nAChR membrane vesicles were evaluated by quantitative SDS-PAGE and 125 - [alpha] bungarotoxin binding (data not shown).
    • Nicotine and the snake venom, [alpha] bungarotoxin, also bind these receptors with agonistic and antagonistic effects, respectively.
    • Venoms of the Elapidae snakes contain several postsynaptic polypeptide neurotoxins, such as bungarotoxin isolated from the venom of the banded krait.
    • Fictive correlates of these early behaviours can be recorded in embryos of Xenopus and Rana that have been immobilised in [alpha] bungarotoxin.

Origin

1960s: from the modern Latin genus name Bungarus (perhaps from Sanskrit bhaṅgura ‘bent’) + toxin.

 
 
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