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Isolate vs Aequorin - What's the difference?

isolate | aequorin |

As nouns the difference between isolate and aequorin

is that isolate is something that has been isolated while aequorin is (biochemistry) a photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.

As a verb isolate

is (label) to set apart or cut off from others.

isolate

English

Verb

  • (label) To set apart or cut off from others.
  • (label) To place in quarantine or isolation.
  • (senseid) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
  • (label) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
  • (label) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that has been isolated.

    • Related terms

    * insular * insulate * insulator * insulation * isolatable * isolated * isolating * isolation * isolationism * isolative * isolator

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    aequorin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia aequorin)
  • (biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.