See Also: toady(2)(dictionary)
toady(medicine)
toady(1)(dictionary)
toady 2, verb(dictionary)
toady 1, noun(dictionary)
zipper(encyclopedia)
zipper(dictionary)
zipper(dictionary)
zipper(medicine)
leucine zipper(medicine)

toady(1) (iou) and zipper (medicine)


toady(1) (iou)



toady adjective. rare. E17.
[from TOAD + -Y1.]
Resembling a toad. E17-E18.
Having many toads. L19.

zipper (medicine)


zipper -->
leucine zipper
<molecular biology> Motif found in certain DNA binding proteins. In a region of approximately 35 amino acids, every seventh is a leucine. This facilitates dimerisation of two such proteins to form a functional transcription factor.

Examples of proteins containing leucine zippers are products of the proto-oncogenes myc, fos and jun.