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Nigrin

NIG'RIN

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Noun.
An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces.

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nigrin

nigrin

English

Noun

nigrin (plural nigrins)

  1. Any of a class of lectin isolated from the bark of elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
    • 2015 July 6, “The Cytotoxicity of Elderberry Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins Is Not Solely Determined by Their Protein Translation Inhibition Activity”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132389:
      In contrast, nigrin b, which has comparable plasma membrane binding affinity to volkensin (approx. 10 -10 M), enters the cytosol without passing the trans-Golgi network and ER [10 –12 ].