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aequorin

aequorin noun: a photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.

Noun

aequorin (countable and uncountable, plural aequorins)

  1. A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.

Forms of aequorin

pluralaequorins

Origin of aequorin

Aequorea + -in

Words formed from aequorin

Questions about aequorin

What does aequorin mean?
Aequorin means a photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
What part of speech is aequorin?
Aequorin is a noun.
What is the plural of aequorin?
The plural of aequorin is aequorins.

Words near aequorin in the dictionary

  1. Aequians
  2. aequihymeniiferous
  3. aequoreal
  4. aequorean
  5. aequoreans
  6. aequorin
  7. aequorins
  8. AER
  9. aer-
  10. aera
  11. aeradio

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