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mucoproteins

mucoproteins is the plural of mucoprotein.

Meaning of mucoprotein

Noun

mucoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural mucoproteins)

  1. Any of a group of widely-distributed natural compounds that exist as complexes of proteins with mucopolysaccharides.
    • In Fasciola sp., the cyst wall consists of four layers, a layer of tanned protein, followed by a layer of mucoprotein and acid mucopolysaccaride.2013, K[eshav] C[handra] Pandey, Nirupama Agrawal, “History of Indian Work on Metacercariae”, in Metacercarial Fauna of India (Occasional Paper; 349), Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India, →ISBN, page...

Questions about mucoproteins

What is mucoproteins the plural of?
Mucoproteins is the plural of mucoprotein.

Words near mucoproteins in the dictionary

  1. mucopolysaccharidotic
  2. mucoprotection
  3. mucoprotective
  4. mucoprotein
  5. mucoproteinic
  6. mucoproteins
  7. mucoproteinuria
  8. mucopurelent
  9. mucopurulant
  10. mucopurulence
  11. mucopurulent

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