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metallothionine

metallothionine noun: a metal-binding protein.

Noun

metallothionine (plural metallothionines)

  1. A metal-binding protein.

Forms of metallothionine

pluralmetallothionines

Origin of metallothionine

From metallo- + thionine.

Questions about metallothionine

What does metallothionine mean?
Metallothionine means a metal-binding protein.
What part of speech is metallothionine?
Metallothionine is a noun.
What is the plural of metallothionine?
The plural of metallothionine is metallothionines.

Words near metallothionine in the dictionary

  1. metallothermic
  2. metallothermy
  3. metallothionein
  4. metallothioneine
  5. metallothioneins
  6. metallothionine
  7. metallothionines
  8. metallothioprotein
  9. metallothioproteins
  10. metallotolerant
  11. metallotolerants

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