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epoxygenases

epoxygenases is the plural of epoxygenase.

Meaning of epoxygenase

Noun

epoxygenase (countable and uncountable, plural epoxygenases)

  1. An enzyme that produces hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) from arachidonic acid, causing effects such as cell proliferation and decrease in cyclooxygenase activity.

Questions about epoxygenases

What is epoxygenases the plural of?
Epoxygenases is the plural of epoxygenase.

Words near epoxygenases in the dictionary

  1. epoxyeicosatrienoic acids
  2. epoxyeicosatrienoid
  3. epoxyeicosatrienoids
  4. epoxyethane
  5. epoxygenase
  6. epoxygenases
  7. epoxygenate
  8. epoxygenated
  9. epoxygenating
  10. epoxygenation
  11. epoxygenations

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