Sentences with phrase «small fragments of proteins»

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To minimize the allergenic properties of the protein, it is divided into small fragments so that the infant can tolerate them better.

To reduce the allergenic properties of the protein, it is divided into small fragments so that the infant can tolerate them better.

In Robinson's lab, Sharon studied protein - protein interactions within proteasomes, large multiprotein complexes that clear cells of unwanted proteins by degrading them into small peptide fragments.

Each venomous snake species produces a unique venom, a mixture of around 50 - 200 toxic proteins and protein fragments that co-evolve with the typical prey of the snake, such as the smaller reptiles eaten by the eastern coral snake or the rodents preferred by rattlesnakes.

In the new study, a team led by Wiktorowicz ground up a small portion of each of the pottery fragments (or sherds), used detergent and other chemicals to dislodge any proteins stuck to them, and isolated and analyzed the protein fragments using various techniques.

To detect this sort of enzyme, the researchers designed nanoparticles coated with small protein fragments called peptides that can be cleaved by particular proteases called MMPs.

This will give way to the development of a drug to be used in gene therapy against neurodegenerative diseases based on small molecules which enhance the expression of the gene and / or the use of fragments of the Klotho protein itself.

VIC - 008 is a fusion protein combining an immune - activating protein from the tuberculosis bacteria with a small antibody fragment targeting mesothelin, a protein expressed in several types of tumor — including mesothelioma, pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

To test for Plasmodium falciparum DNA, PCR primers were designed that specifically amplify small subtelomeric variable open reading frame (STEVOR), apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1), and merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) gene fragments with sizes of 100 to 250 base pairs (bp).

They started with the AAV9 virus and modified a gene fragment that codes for a small loop on the surface of the capsid — the protein shell of the virus that envelops all of the virus» genetic material.

It acts as a caspase inhibitor, which means it could prevent the dangerous huntingtin protein from being broken into small enough fragments to enter the cell's nucleus and mess up the switching on and off of important genes.

In some cases, when fermentation changes the digestibility of protein in soy foods (and in other foods as well), smaller protein fragments are created (called peptides) that have unique health supportive properties of their own.

Extensively hydrolysed formulas still contain very small protein fragments, while amino acid - based ones are 100 % free of milk proteins.

These benefits are related to the presence of small protein fragments — called peptides — that may get formed during the cooking process when proteins in the tuna get broken down.

• For some infants, cow's milk is not fully digested, and small amino acid chains or fragments of the original protein remain in the intestine.