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fibritin

fibritin noun: a structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate.

Noun

fibritin (uncountable)

  1. A structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate

Questions about fibritin

What does fibritin mean?
Fibritin means a structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate.
What part of speech is fibritin?
Fibritin is a noun.

Words near fibritin in the dictionary

  1. fibrising
  2. fibrisol
  3. fibrisols
  4. fibrist
  5. fibrists
  6. fibritin
  7. fibrization
  8. fibrize
  9. fibrized
  10. fibrizes
  11. fibrizing

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