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elicitin

elicitin noun: any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain phytopathogenic microorganisms and inducing a necrotic and systemic hypersensitive response in certain plants.

Noun

elicitin (plural elicitins)

  1. Any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain phytopathogenic microorganisms and inducing a necrotic and systemic hypersensitive response in certain plants.

Forms of elicitin

pluralelicitins

Origin of elicitin

From elicit + -in.

Questions about elicitin

What does elicitin mean?
Elicitin means any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain phytopathogenic microorganisms and inducing a necrotic and systemic hypersensitive response in certain plants.
What part of speech is elicitin?
Elicitin is a noun.
What is the plural of elicitin?
The plural of elicitin is elicitins.

Words near elicitin in the dictionary

  1. elicitating
  2. elicitation
  3. elicitations
  4. elicited
  5. eliciteth
  6. elicitin
  7. eliciting
  8. elicitings
  9. elicitins
  10. elicitive
  11. elicitor

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