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  • noun biochemistry A peptide containing a relatively small number of amino acids

Etymologies

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oligo- +‎ peptide

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Examples

  • Both Lip Plumping Treatment by MyChelle and Suggah Anti-Aging Lip Plumping Treatment by SircuitSkin utilize oligopeptide technology to hydrate the lips immediately and give you plumper lips in 30–45 days.

    The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007

  • Both Lip Plumping Treatment by MyChelle and Suggah Anti-Aging Lip Plumping Treatment by SircuitSkin utilize oligopeptide technology to hydrate the lips immediately and give you plumper lips in 30–45 days.

    The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007

  • G, de Philip P, Claverys JP (1994) Three highly homologous membrane-bound lipoproteins participate in oligopeptide transport by the Ami system of the Gram-positive

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • For the substrate binding proteins of the oligopeptide importers, peptide binding usually involves hydrogen bonding between binding pocket amino acid residues of the protein and the main chain of the ligand

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • Rv3665c-Rv3662c encodes the oligopeptide transporter of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • Importers are found exclusively in prokaryotes and include the oligopeptide transporter systems

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • Bacillus subtilis is homologous to the oligopeptide permease locus and is required for sporulation and competence.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • Borrelia burgdorferi oligopeptide permeases (opp) operon.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • JR, McGovern K, Losick R (1996) An oligopeptide permease responsible for the import of an extracellular signal governing aerial mycelium formation in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • In Streptomyces, the oligopeptide transport system, Opp imports an oligopeptide that is likely involved in regulating development

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

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