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oleosins

oleosins is the plural of oleosin.

Meaning of oleosin

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

Questions about oleosins

What is oleosins the plural of?
Oleosins is the plural of oleosin.

Words near oleosins in the dictionary

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

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