POSITIVELY CHARGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positively charged mean? 

• POSITIVELY CHARGED (adjective)
  The adjective POSITIVELY CHARGED has 1 sense:

1. having a positive charge

  Familiarity information: POSITIVELY CHARGED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITIVELY CHARGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a positive charge

Synonyms:

electropositive; positive; positively charged

Context example:

protons are positive

Similar:

charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)

 Context examples 

The sequence contains positively charged amino acids such as arginine and lysine.

(Nuclear Localization Signal, NCI Thesaurus)

In this process, they emit a slight electrical charge as an enzyme moves positively charged molecules — potassium and sodium ions — through the cell membrane.

(Neurons absorb and release water when firing, National Institutes of Health)

A group of agents that block the influx or efflux of positively charged ions through cell membrane.

(Cation Channel Blocker, NCI Thesaurus)

The sequence contains an alternating pattern of hydrophobic and positively charged amino acids.

(Mitochondrial Import Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

Positively charged electrons are called positrons.

(Electron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A synthetic choline ester and a positively charged quaternary ammonium compound.

(Carbachol, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-soluble, positively charged fusion protein consisting of a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) receptor-targeting ligand conjugated to the membrane-disrupting peptide CLIP 71 with membrane-disrupting and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Membrane-Disrupting Peptide EP-100, NCI Thesaurus)

As positively charged amines, spermine and spermidine interact with DNA and may exert some of their effects through this interaction.

(Biosynthesis of Spermidine and Spermine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Organic Cation Transporter proteins carry positively charged chemical substances containing covalently bound carbon atoms through solubility barriers, such as lipid membranes or across epithelial layers.

(Organic Cation Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)

The binding blocks the influx of positively charged potassium ions into the cells, thereby reducing potassium conductance and causing membrane depolarization.

(Meglitinide Antidiabetic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)