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matriptases

matriptases is the plural of matriptase.

Meaning of matriptase

Noun

matriptase (usually uncountable, plural matriptases)

  1. (usually) An enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.
    • Stoichiometric release of 6-amidino-2-naphthol allowed highly sensitive fluorometric estimation of active-site concentration in preparations of matriptase and tryptase.2015 October 21, “Divergent Inhibitor Susceptibility among Airway Lumen-Accessible Tryptic Proteases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about matriptases

What is matriptases the plural of?
Matriptases is the plural of matriptase.

Words near matriptases in the dictionary

  1. matriots
  2. matriphagous
  3. matriphagy
  4. matripotestal
  5. matriptase
  6. matriptases
  7. matrisexual
  8. matrisexuality
  9. matrisib
  10. matrisibs
  11. matrisomal

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