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carboxyterminal

carboxyterminal adjective: relating to a carboxy terminus (of a polypeptide).

Adjective

carboxyterminal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a carboxy terminus (of a polypeptide)

Origin of carboxyterminal

From carboxy + terminal.

Questions about carboxyterminal

What does carboxyterminal mean?
Carboxyterminal means relating to a carboxy terminus (of a polypeptide).
What part of speech is carboxyterminal?
Carboxyterminal is an adjective.

Words near carboxyterminal in the dictionary

  1. carboxysome
  2. carboxysomeless
  3. carboxysomes
  4. carboxysterol
  5. carboxysterols
  6. carboxyterminal
  7. carboxyterminally
  8. carboxytetramethylrhodamine
  9. carboxytherapy
  10. carboxytransferase
  11. carboxyvinyl

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