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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
proteins that crosscellular membranes and act aspores through which small molecules candiffuse
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mutations in PINK1 and parkin also failed to influence the molecular weight or abundance of several control proteins that localize to mitochondria, including the β-subunit of mitochondrial complex V and the mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC, also known as porin), indicating that the increased abundance of dMfn in
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Angela C. Poole et al. 2010
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H. influenzae used a specialized membrane protein called a porin, in this case OmpP2.
unknown title 2009
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This is essentially what we see when we look at the bacterial porin and the MTS.
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Cor, I think I can manage that without stayin" up nights porin" over some manual.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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Dey wuz porin ginantonic in herz hedd yestidai 2 temt her brane sells bakk after a splort…..
Teh Ten Commanments of Ceiling Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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*Ly dans arownd, porin liter flooid own awl teh clothez*
tollbooth kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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January 26, 2008 at 3:56 pm dorotheee, yu is chargd wif free, cownt um, wun, too, free cownts uv meltin innosent kullerd foalks wif pointee ends bai porin watter ovr them.
I HAZ 4 FLATZ - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I try to go ebree Sunday in teh season-unless iz porin wib rayne.
iz abonm… abomilnal… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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All her putty talk war like porin water on a goose's back.
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He was a curious chap, he was, as inquisitive as a monkey; he always wanted to know the ins and outs of everything that was goin 'on, and he'd noticed you porin' and puzzlin 'over a paper with a lot of figures wrote on it, and a drorin' in the middle; and he used to come for'ard and tell us that you'd been havin 'another try to find out what them figures meant.
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry Collingwood 1886
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