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glyoxysomes

glyoxysomes is the plural of glyoxysome.

Meaning of glyoxysome

Noun

glyoxysome (plural glyoxysomes)

  1. Any of various specialized peroxisomes found in plants (particularly in the fat-storage tissues of germinating seeds) and also in filamentous fungi, serving to break down fatty acids and provide enzymes to produce intermediates for the synthesis of sugars by gluconeogenesis.

Questions about glyoxysomes

What is glyoxysomes the plural of?
Glyoxysomes is the plural of glyoxysome.

Words near glyoxysomes in the dictionary

  1. glyoxylic
  2. glyoxylic acid
  3. glyoxylin
  4. glyoxyline
  5. glyoxysome
  6. glyoxysomes
  7. glype
  8. glypes
  9. glyph
  10. glypheid
  11. glypheids

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