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extensin

extensin noun: any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.

Noun

extensin (plural extensins)

  1. Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
    • “A few years ago, we began to study the protein extensin, a natural antifreeze found in carrots, which prevents the carrots from developing ice crystals in the ground.2009 February 5, Camille Sweeney, “It’s Cold and Your Skin Is Suffering. So What Are You Doing to Moisturize?”, in New York Times

Forms of extensin

pluralextensins

Questions about extensin

What does extensin mean?
Extensin means any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
What part of speech is extensin?
Extensin is a noun.
What is the plural of extensin?
The plural of extensin is extensins.

Words near extensin in the dictionary

  1. extensile
  2. extensimeter
  3. extensimeters
  4. extensimetric
  5. extensimetry
  6. extensin
  7. extensins
  8. extensiometer
  9. extensiometers
  10. extensiometry
  11. extension

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