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obestatin

obestatin noun: an oligopeptide sequence, present in ghrelin, that binds to a specific orphan receptor.

Noun

obestatin (countable and uncountable, plural obestatins)

  1. An oligopeptide sequence, present in ghrelin, that binds to a specific orphan receptor

Forms of obestatin

pluralobestatins

Questions about obestatin

What does obestatin mean?
Obestatin means an oligopeptide sequence, present in ghrelin, that binds to a specific orphan receptor.
What part of speech is obestatin?
Obestatin is a noun.
What is the plural of obestatin?
The plural of obestatin is obestatins.

Words near obestatin in the dictionary

  1. obesogenesis
  2. obesogenic
  3. obesogenicity
  4. obesogens
  5. obesophobia
  6. obestatin
  7. obestatins
  8. obeticholic acid
  9. obetrioside
  10. obex
  11. obey

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