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kinetochores

kinetochores is the plural of kinetochore.

Meaning of kinetochore

Noun

kinetochore (plural kinetochores)

  1. The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.

Questions about kinetochores

What is kinetochores the plural of?
Kinetochores is the plural of kinetochore.

Words near kinetochores in the dictionary

  1. kinetocardiograph
  2. kinetocardiographic
  3. kinetocardiographs
  4. kinetocardiography
  5. kinetochore
  6. kinetochores
  7. kinetoflagellar
  8. kinetofragminophoran
  9. kinetofragminophorans
  10. kinetogenesis
  11. kinetogenetic

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