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nitrophorin

nitrophorin noun: any of a group of hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.

Noun

nitrophorin (plural nitrophorins)

  1. Any of a group of hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.
    • The clustering and structural similarity of DUF 1794 and DUF 3598 with the nitrophorins shows that the DUFs have possible similar binding sites.2015 August 12, “Structure-Based Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lipocalin Superfamily”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of nitrophorin

pluralnitrophorins

Questions about nitrophorin

What does nitrophorin mean?
Nitrophorin means any of a group of hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.
What part of speech is nitrophorin?
Nitrophorin is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrophorin?
The plural of nitrophorin is nitrophorins.

Words near nitrophorin in the dictionary

  1. nitrophilic
  2. nitrophilous
  3. nitrophily
  4. nitrophobic
  5. nitrophobous
  6. nitrophorin
  7. nitrophorins
  8. nitrophyte
  9. nitrophytes
  10. nitrophytic
  11. nitroplast

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