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cyanophycin

cyanophycin noun: a polypeptide used as a nitrogen store by cyanobacteria.

Noun

cyanophycin (countable and uncountable, plural cyanophycins)

  1. A polypeptide used as a nitrogen store by cyanobacteria.

Forms of cyanophycin

pluralcyanophycins

Questions about cyanophycin

What does cyanophycin mean?
Cyanophycin means a polypeptide used as a nitrogen store by cyanobacteria.
What part of speech is cyanophycin?
Cyanophycin is a noun.
What is the plural of cyanophycin?
The plural of cyanophycin is cyanophycins.

Words near cyanophycin in the dictionary

  1. cyanophores
  2. cyanophosphonate
  3. cyanophosphonates
  4. cyanophosphorylation
  5. cyanophycean
  6. cyanophycin
  7. cyanophycinase
  8. cyanophycins
  9. cyanophyll
  10. cyanophyllite
  11. cyanophyte

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