Xigris (Drotrecogin alfa) is not an antibiotic but is approved for the specific indication of sepsis because of its anticoagulant properties.
Xigris (Drotrecogin alfa) is a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the reduction of mortality in adult patients with severe sepsis who have a high risk of death. Xigris (Drotrecogin alfa) is placed under the class of serine proteases and it has anticoagulant, anti-thrombotic, anti-inflammatory, and profibrinolytic properties.
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a hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity.
a hygrometer is an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas.
The stretch of the integral protein within the hydrophobic interior of the bilayer is also hydrophobic, made up of non-polar amino acids. Like the lipid bilayer, the exposed ends of the integral protein are hydrophilic. When a protein crosses the lipid bilayer it adopts an alpha-helical configuration.
Analogous structures are similar structures that evolved independently in two living organisms to serve the same purpose.
The term “analogous structures” comes from the root word “analogy,” which is a device in the English language where two different things on a basis of their similarities.
