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nitrogenases

nitrogenases is the plural of nitrogenase.

Meaning of nitrogenase

Noun

nitrogenase (plural nitrogenases)

  1. Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

Questions about nitrogenases

What is nitrogenases the plural of?
Nitrogenases is the plural of nitrogenase.

Words near nitrogenases in the dictionary

  1. nitrogen-13
  2. nitrogen-14
  3. nitrogen-15
  4. nitrogen-fixing
  5. nitrogenase
  6. nitrogenases
  7. nitrogenate
  8. nitrogenated
  9. nitrogenates
  10. nitrogenating
  11. nitrogenation

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