ovalbumin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ovalbumin
1825–35; contraction and respelling of Late Latin ovī albūmen ( Latin ovī album ) egg white; see ovum, albumen
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Most flu vaccines contain a small amount of egg proteins, such as ovalbumin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
The researchers showed that the ovalbumin disperses throughout the cytoplasm of cells in both culture and tumors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
The ovalbumin then triggered an antigen-specific T-cell response in the cytoplasm that attacked the cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
When the patients later ate a meringue cake packed with ovalbumin, their Treg cells were activated, which the researchers hoped would dampen the Crohn's inflammation.
From Nature ● Dec. 20, 2016
As examples may be quoted, myosin the chief protein of ordinary meat or muscle, ovalbumin one of the proteins of egg-white, casein belonging to milk and cheese, and gluten a protein-mixture in flour.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
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