Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protein found in uncooked egg white that binds to and inactivates biotin. An abundance of avidin in the diet can result in a deficiency of biotin.
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- noun biology A
tetrameric protein produced in theoviducts ofbirds ,reptiles andamphibians anddeposited in thewhites of theireggs .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Raw eggs Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin (a B vitamin).
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Raw eggs Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin (a B vitamin).
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Endogenous peroxidase and avidin/biotin were blocked using commercial Kits (DAKO).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jamila Khallou-Laschet et al. 2010
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Briefly, sections were blocked in either normal goat, rabbit or horse serum containing 10% (v/v) from stock avidin solution (Vector Labs) for 20 min followed by 1 hr incubation with anti-PPARβ/δ
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Malgorzata Romanowska et al. 2010
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Biotin and avidin (or streptavidin) bind non-covalently with a higher binding affinity than most antigen-antibody interactions. 1, 2 This very tight binding makes labeling proteins with biotin a useful tool for applications such as affinity chromatography and immunoanalytical methods.
PR.com Press Releases Inc. AnaSpec 2010
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Boston BioCom has produced HSP-avidin fusion protein for use in a self-assembling vaccines platform as part of collaboration between its Jantibody Therapeutics subsidiary and Pfenex.
in-PharmaTechnologist RSS nick.taylor@decisionnews.com 2010
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Five commercially available antibodies were tested in tissue array sections immunostained utilizing the avidin-biotin (AB) technique.
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The collaboration used the Pfenex Expression Technology platform to produce initial amounts of HSP-avidin fusion protein for the Jantibodies self-assembling vaccines platform.
in-PharmaTechnologist RSS nick.taylor@decisionnews.com 2010
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Sections were subsequently developed by avidin-biotin peroxidase complex system following manufacturer's instructions (ABC Kit, Vector Labs).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadia G. Innamorato et al. 2010
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The entire IN reaction was followed by immunosorbent assay on avidin-coated plates as described previously Fluorescein-labeled peptides at a final concentration of 10 µM in PBS were incubated with HeLa cells for 1 h at 37°C.
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