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oleosin

oleosin noun: a kind of structural protein found in vascular plant oil bodies and in plant cells.

Noun

oleosin (plural oleosins)

  1. A kind of structural protein found in vascular plant oil bodies and in plant cells.
    • However, sensitization to Cor a 12, the oleosin from hazelnut, was detected in 10–25 % of the patients in most of the centers.2015 August 2, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Pfeifer, Merima Bublin, “Applications of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Food Allergy”, in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, volume 15, →DOI

Forms of oleosin

pluraloleosins

Questions about oleosin

What does oleosin mean?
Oleosin means a kind of structural protein found in vascular plant oil bodies and in plant cells.
What part of speech is oleosin?
Oleosin is a noun.
What is the plural of oleosin?
The plural of oleosin is oleosins.

Words near oleosin in the dictionary

  1. oleos
  2. oleosaccharum
  3. oleose
  4. oleoside
  5. oleosides
  6. oleosin
  7. oleosins
  8. oleosity
  9. oleosome
  10. oleosomes
  11. oleous

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