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oncoprotein

oncoprotein noun: a protein that is coded for by an oncogene.

Noun

oncoprotein (plural oncoproteins)

  1. A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.

Forms of oncoprotein

pluraloncoproteins

Origin of oncoprotein

From onco- + protein.

Words formed from oncoprotein

Questions about oncoprotein

What does oncoprotein mean?
Oncoprotein means a protein that is coded for by an oncogene.
What part of speech is oncoprotein?
Oncoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of oncoprotein?
The plural of oncoprotein is oncoproteins.

Words near oncoprotein in the dictionary

  1. oncoplots
  2. oncopodid
  3. oncopodids
  4. oncopromoting
  5. oncoprotective
  6. oncoprotein
  7. oncoproteins
  8. oncoproteogenome
  9. oncoproteogenomes
  10. oncoproteogenomic
  11. oncoproteogenomics

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