antiholin

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English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ holin.

Noun

antiholin (plural antiholins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein
    • 2016 January 27, “The Phenazine 2-Hydroxy-Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Extracellular DNA Release and Has Broad Transcriptomic Consequences in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30–84”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P.