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INHIBITEUR BIOLOGIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 1993-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A lymphokine that inhibits migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

CONT

Leucocyte Migration Inhibition Factor (LIF) has a similar action to MIF but with wider cell specificity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Lymphokine agissant sur les polynucléaires. [...] facteur différent du MIF, capable d’inhiber la migration des leucocytes humains. Le LIF possède un poids moléculaire d’environ 68 kD, il est détruit par la chymotrypsine mais non par la neuraminidase. Son activité biologique est inhibée par un inhibiteur des protéases, le DFP(disopropylfluorophosphate).

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

... where toxic substances or biological inhibitors are present in the industrial effluent, prior treatment at the factory is essential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

[...] en présence de corps toxiques ou inhibiteurs biologiques dans le rejet, un traitement préalable à l’usine est [...] indispensable.

Spanish

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