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dodecin

dodecin noun: a small protein from bacteria used to store flavins.

Noun

dodecin (countable and uncountable, plural dodecins)

  1. A small protein from bacteria used to store flavins.

Forms of dodecin

pluraldodecins

Origin of dodecin

From dodecameric + -in (as the proteins assemble in groups of 12).

Questions about dodecin

What does dodecin mean?
Dodecin means a small protein from bacteria used to store flavins.
What part of speech is dodecin?
Dodecin is a noun.
What is the plural of dodecin?
The plural of dodecin is dodecins.

Words near dodecin in the dictionary

  1. dodecenyls
  2. dodecic
  3. dodecicosidodecahedra
  4. dodecicosidodecahedron
  5. dodecicosidodecahedrons
  6. dodecin
  7. dodecuple scale
  8. dodecuple scales
  9. dodecuplet
  10. dodecuplets
  11. dodecyl

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