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SUBUNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
Synonyms:
fractional monetary unit; subunit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("subunit" is a kind of...):
monetary unit (a unit of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subunit"):
cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)
centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)
centimo (a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain)
centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)
centime (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo)
fils (a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar)
sen (a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel)
ore (a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona)
piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)
penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)
paisa (a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan)
Context examples:
Actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 1B (372 aa, ~41 kDa) is encoded by the human ARPC1B gene.
(Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Complex Subunit 1B, NCI Thesaurus)
Anti-PDGFR alpha monoclonal antibody MEDI-575 inhibits activation of the cell-surface tyrosine kinase PDGFR alpha subunit and subsequent triggering of mitogenic signaling pathways, including the JAK/STAT, PI3K/Akt, and MAP kinase pathways.
(Anti-PDGFR Alpha Monoclonal Antibody MEDI-575, NCI Thesaurus)
The structures of parts of these subunits are known.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
Some areas may turn out to have further subdivisions or be subunits of other areas, in light of new data.
(Connectome map more than doubles human cortex’s known regions, NIH)
Brain tissue analysis of the klotho-enhanced mice showed that their synapses had more of a receptor subunit called GluN2B than control mice.
(Longevity gene linked to better brain skills, NIH, US)
A murine monoclonal antibody directed against of the beta subunit of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R), expressed on resting T-lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, and some leukemic cell types.
(Monoclonal Antibody Mik-Beta-1, NCI Thesaurus)
A globular subunit of microfilaments, highly conserved Actin is one of the most abundant proteins in eukaryotic cells.
(Actin, NCI Thesaurus)
MLH1 is part of the multi-subunit BASC repair complex containing ATM, BLM, MSH2, MSH6, BRCA1, the RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 complex, and the RFC1/RFC2/RFC4 complex.
(MLH1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 (773 aa, ~86 kDa) is encoded by the human DGCR8 gene.
(Microprocessor Complex Subunit DGCR8, NCI Thesaurus)
Methacycline hydrochloride is bacteriostatic and inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit, thereby preventing the addition of amino acids to the growing peptide chain.
(Methacycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
