antiholin

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ holin.

Noun

antiholin (plural antiholins)

1. (biochemistry) Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein
   • 2016 January 27, “The Phenazine 2-Hydroxy-Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Promotes Extracellular DNA Release and Has Broad Transcriptomic Consequences in Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30–84”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P.