thermostable
adjective
capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
thermostability
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a word derived from
thermostable.
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Understanding the properties of aquaporins is important for bioengineering to design novel proteins with improved characteristics, such as substrate specificity, thermostability, and folding.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
Scientists attribute this common characteristic to the relative thermostability of the A-T interaction.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The thermostability of A–T bonds is low and this helps the DNA template to locally unwind in preparation for transcription.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
