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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
isomerases active in theimmune system
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Examples
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Kashishian A, Howard M, Loh C, Gallatin WM, Hoekstra MF, et al. (1998) AKAP79 inhibits calcineurin through a site distinct from the immunophilin-binding region.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael Weisenhaus et al. 2010
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For the first time, free energies of protein unfolding were determined by the innovative method and used to determine the affinity of a drug - the immunosuppressant rapamycin - to a protein, the cellular immunophilin FKBP12.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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"CsA and FK506 each form complexes with a specific immunophilin binding proteins and it is these complexes, called IS-IP complexes, that inhibit CN activity," says senior study author Dr. Juan Miguel Redondo from the Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares in Madrid.
unknown title 2009
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"CsA and FK506 each form complexes with a specific immunophilin binding proteins and it is these complexes, called IS-IP complexes, that inhibit CN activity," says senior study author Dr. Juan Miguel Redondo from the Department of Vascular Biology and Inflammation at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares in Madrid.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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