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CASEIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk

Synonyms:

casein; casein paint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("casein" is a kind of...):

water-base paint (paint in which water is used as the vehicle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("casein" is a kind of...):

phosphoprotein (containing chemically bound phosphoric acid)

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 Context examples: 

This species is nonmotile, urease negative, does not hydrolyze carbohydrates, gelatin, or casein, and is sensitive to penicillin, erythromycin and aminoglycosides.

(Mycoplasma orale, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, hypoxanthine, and xanthine, but not casein, elastin, testosterone, or tyrosine.

(Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, NCI Thesaurus)

7H10 growth medium that is enriched by the addition of an enzymatic digest of casein.

(Middlebrook 7H11 Growth Medium, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase negative, esculin positive, hippurate positive, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, does not reduce nitrate and does not hydrolyze casein, gelatin or urea.

(Enterococcus casseliflavus, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of casein kinase II.

(CSNK2B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes casein kinase II subunit beta protein, is involved in the regulation of casein kinase II.

(CSNK2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the regulation of casein kinase II.

(Casein Kinase II Subunit Beta, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is nonsporulating, oxidase and catalase positive, hydrolyzes casein and produces acid from glucose, trehalose and gluconate.

(Chromobacterium violaceum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes casein, gelatin, starch and esculin.

(Bacillus licheniformis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, spore forming, catalase positive, urease positive, indole negative, produces hydrogen sulfide, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes starch and esculin but not casein or gelatin.

(Bacillus lentus, NCI Thesaurus)