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blasticidin

blasticidin noun: any of a class of antibiotics used to select transformed cells in genetic engineering.

Noun

blasticidin (plural blasticidins)

  1. Any of a class of antibiotics used to select transformed cells in genetic engineering

Forms of blasticidin

pluralblasticidins

Questions about blasticidin

What does blasticidin mean?
Blasticidin means any of a class of antibiotics used to select transformed cells in genetic engineering.
What part of speech is blasticidin?
Blasticidin is a noun.
What is the plural of blasticidin?
The plural of blasticidin is blasticidins.

Words near blasticidin in the dictionary

  1. blastesis
  2. blastful
  3. blasthole
  4. blastholes
  5. blastic
  6. blasticidin
  7. blasticidine
  8. blasticidins
  9. blasticin
  10. blasticotomid
  11. blasticotomids

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