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blasticin

blasticin is the alternative form of blasticidin.

Meaning of blasticidin

Noun

blasticidin (plural blasticidins)

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

Questions about blasticin

What is blasticin the alternative form of?
Blasticin is the alternative form of blasticidin.

Words near blasticin in the dictionary

  1. blastholes
  2. blastic
  3. blasticidin
  4. blasticidine
  5. blasticidins
  6. blasticin
  7. blasticotomid
  8. blasticotomids
  9. blastier
  10. blastiest
  11. blastin'

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