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glyoxisomes

glyoxisomes is the plural of glyoxisome.

Meaning of glyoxisome

Noun

glyoxisome (plural glyoxisomes)

  1. A specialized peroxisome found in plants and filamentous fungi, in which the fatty acids are hydrolyzed to acetyl-CoA by peroxisomal β-oxidation enzymes.

Questions about glyoxisomes

What is glyoxisomes the plural of?
Glyoxisomes is the plural of glyoxisome.

Words near glyoxisomes in the dictionary

  1. glyoxim
  2. glyoxime
  3. glyoximes
  4. glyoxims
  5. glyoxisome
  6. glyoxisomes
  7. glyoxylase
  8. glyoxylases
  9. glyoxylate
  10. glyoxylate cycle
  11. glyoxylate cycles

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