How do you use Thrombin in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Thrombin in a sentence
Thrombin meaning
An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
Synonyms of Thrombin
Using Thrombin
- The main meaning on this page is: An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
- Useful related words include: coagulase.
Context around Thrombin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thrombin
- In this selection, "thrombin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include enzyme called thrombin is attached and protease and thrombin are commonly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thrombin" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thrombin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Highly specific proteases such as TEV protease and thrombin are commonly used to cleave fusion proteins and affinity tags in a controlled fashion. (23 words)
The technique uses a process called ‘DNA origami’ in which a key blood clotting enzyme called thrombin is attached to a sheet of genetic material. (25 words)
Blood clotting (such as thrombin ) and viral polyprotein processing (such as TEV protease ) requires this level of specificity in order to achieve precise cleavage events. (25 words)
The technique uses a process called ‘DNA origami’ in which a key blood clotting enzyme called thrombin is attached to a sheet of genetic material. (25 words)
Blood clotting (such as thrombin ) and viral polyprotein processing (such as TEV protease ) requires this level of specificity in order to achieve precise cleavage events. (25 words)
Highly specific proteases such as TEV protease and thrombin are commonly used to cleave fusion proteins and affinity tags in a controlled fashion. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
The technique uses a process called ‘DNA origami’ in which a key blood clotting enzyme called thrombin is attached to a sheet of genetic material.
Blood clotting (such as thrombin ) and viral polyprotein processing (such as TEV protease ) requires this level of specificity in order to achieve precise cleavage events.
Highly specific proteases such as TEV protease and thrombin are commonly used to cleave fusion proteins and affinity tags in a controlled fashion.