N501
Translingual
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editN + 501.
Noun
editN501
- (biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid asparagine (“N”).
- (COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has N (“asparagine”).
- (COVID-19, informal, by extension) A viral strain which contains the N501 amino acid specification.
Coordinate terms
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Derived terms
editbiochemistry
- N501Y (a mutation of N501)