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metalloproteolytic

metalloproteolytic adjective: proteolytic to metalloproteins.

Adjective

metalloproteolytic (not comparable)

  1. proteolytic to metalloproteins
    • For example we recently described a metalloproteolytic loss of platelet glycoprotein VI, an adhesive receptor for collagen, upon exposure to transient, elevated shear stress [18 ].2015 December 15, “Methods to Determine the Lagrangian Shear Experienced by Platelets during Thrombus Growth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of metalloproteolytic

From metallo- + proteolytic.

Questions about metalloproteolytic

What does metalloproteolytic mean?
Metalloproteolytic means proteolytic to metalloproteins.
What part of speech is metalloproteolytic?
Metalloproteolytic is an adjective.

Words near metalloproteolytic in the dictionary

  1. metalloprotective
  2. metalloprotein
  3. metalloproteinase
  4. metalloproteinases
  5. metalloproteins
  6. metalloproteolytic
  7. metalloproteome
  8. metalloproteomes
  9. metalloproteomic
  10. metalloproteomics
  11. metalloradical

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