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- adjective biochemistry Of, pertaining to, or derived from the
amino acid cysteine
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Examples
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These medications work by inhibiting the cysteinyl leukotriene CysLT-1 receptor, which is involved in the inflammatory response.
Doug Bremner: If Prescription Meds Don't Kill You They Might Drive You Crazy 2008
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Probably a remote relative of cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase, running the search two different ways consistently picks this up.
Nelson vs Mycoplasma: ORFans redux. - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Montelukast causes inhibition of airway cysteinyl leukotriene receptors as demonstrated by the ability to inhibit bronchoconstriction due to inhaled LTD
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*, is a selective and orally active leukotriene receptor antagonist that inhibits the cysteinyl leukotriene CysLT
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Here it is easy to see the chemical structure, a four-membered ß-lactam ring attached to a six-membered sulphur-containing ring -- derived most probably like the corresponding penicillin, from "� - (a-aminoadipoyl) - cysteinyl valine but in an oxidized form.
Nobel Lecture The X-Ray Analysis Of Complicated Molecules 1964
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