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nitrophorins

nitrophorins is the plural of nitrophorin.

Meaning of nitrophorin

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

Questions about nitrophorins

What is nitrophorins the plural of?
Nitrophorins is the plural of nitrophorin.

Words near nitrophorins in the dictionary

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

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