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nucleoporin

nucleoporin noun: any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells.

Noun

nucleoporin (plural nucleoporins)

  1. Any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells

Forms of nucleoporin

pluralnucleoporins

Origin of nucleoporin

From nucleo- + porin.

Questions about nucleoporin

What does nucleoporin mean?
Nucleoporin means any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells.
What part of speech is nucleoporin?
Nucleoporin is a noun.
What is the plural of nucleoporin?
The plural of nucleoporin is nucleoporins.

Words near nucleoporin in the dictionary

  1. nucleoporation
  2. nucleoporator
  3. nucleoporators
  4. nucleopore
  5. nucleopores
  6. nucleoporin
  7. nucleoporins
  8. nucleoproteic
  9. nucleoproteid
  10. nucleoproteids
  11. nucleoprotein

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