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- noun Plural form of
disulfide .
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Examples
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It contains compounds called disulfides, and if ingested by a dog or even cat, causes gastrointestinal problems, can even harm red blood cells.
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Except for testing for the presence of disulfides.
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Sulfur may be present in crude oil as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), as compounds (e.g. mercaptans, sulfides, disulfides, thiophenes, etc.) or as elemental sulfur.
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Sweetening processes either remove the obnoxious sulfur compounds or convert them to odorless disulfides, as in the case of mercaptans.
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MMP-2 acquired 8 disulfides bond in the ER, probably impeding its retrotranslocation and its degradation by proteasome and subsequently MMP-2
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Virginie Renaud et al. 2010
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Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder) Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia.
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The deduced amino acid sequence shares 62% sequence similarity with the human protein and shows conservation of all disulfides and N-linked carbohydrate attachment sites.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Lei Zhuang 2009
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The purified protein was incubated with 10 mM DTT for 2 hours prior to its use to ensure the removal of any intermolecular disulfides leading to formation of aggregates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Garima Khare et al. 2009
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Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are efficient catalysts for the reduction of mixed disulfides in glutathionylated proteins, using glutathione or thioredoxin reductases for their regeneration.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue J. Couturier 2009
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(Cys29) and that the enzyme does not form inter - or intramolecular disulfides.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue J. Couturier 2009
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