See Also: Polyprotein(medicine)

Martinique (oh) and Polyprotein (medicine)


Martinique (oh)



a mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea, which is a dependency of France. Population: 400,000 (1995). Capital: Fort-de-France.

Polyprotein (medicine)


polyprotein
<protein> Protein that, after synthesis, is cleaved to produce several functionally distinct polypeptides. Some viruses produce such proteins and some polypeptide hormones seem to be cleaved from a single precursor polyprotein (pro opimelanocortin, for example).