maltoporin

English

Noun

maltoporin (plural maltoporins)

1. Any of a family of outer membrane proteins associated with the diffusion of maltodextrin.
   • 2015 July 22, “Subscriptions”, in Nucleic Acids Research‎^[1], volume 43, →DOI:

     The image shows phage λ bound to its maltoporin receptor LamB on the E.coli membrane during DNA ejection.