amphipol

English

Etymology

Short for amphipathic polymer.

Noun

amphipol (plural amphipols)

1. Any of a range of amphipathic polymers used as speciality surfactants
   • 2015 July 10, John M. Spear et al., “Kv1.3 contains an alternative C-terminal ER exit motif and is recruited into COPII vesicles by Sec24a”, in BMC Biochemistry‎^[1], volume 16, →DOI:

     Interestingly, purified Kv1.3 proteins exchanged into the amphipol A8-35 appeared as a double band on 8 % SDS-PAGE.