CASSETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cassette mean? 

• CASSETTE (noun)
  The noun CASSETTE has 1 sense:

1. a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video

  Familiarity information: CASSETTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Meronyms (parts of "cassette"):

cassette tape (a cassette that contains magnetic tape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cassette"):

audiocassette (a cassette for audiotape)

videocassette (a cassette for videotape)

 Context examples 

Human ATP binding cassette transporter-G2 protein (2436 aa, ~270 kDa) is encoded by the human ABCG2 gene.

(ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family G, Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)

ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 6, encoded by the ABCB6 gene, is a membrane-associated protein of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters.

(ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 6, NCI Thesaurus)

ATP-binding cassette sub-family F member 2 (623 aa, ~71 kDa) is encoded by the human ABCF2 gene.

(ATP-Binding Cassette Sub-Family F Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)

ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 5 (812 aa, ~90 kDa) is encoded by the human ABCB5 gene.

(ATP-Binding Cassette Sub-Family B Member 5, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a cassette.

(Cassette Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A formulation composed of DOTAP:cholesterol liposomal nanoparticles complexed with a plasmid expression cassette encoding human FUS1 protein, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(DOTAP:Cholesterol-Fus1 Liposome Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Mammalian P-glycoproteins are encoded by the MDR gene family and belong to the ATP-binding cassette vectorial transport protein class; the CFTR chloride channel is also a family member.

(Multidrug Resistance Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Large membrane proteins overproduced in MDR cells, belong to a family of transport P-glycoproteins known as ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins (ABC-ATPases).

(Multi-Drug Resistance Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells transduced with Lenti-D lentiviral vector encoding the human ATP-binding cassette, sub-family D, member 1 (ABCD1) cDNA, for the potential treatment of childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CCALD).

(Lenti-D/ABCD1-transduced Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 5 (1642 aa, ~187 kDa) is encoded by the human ABCA5 gene.

(ATP-Binding Cassette Sub-Family A Member 5, NCI Thesaurus)