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oryzacystatin

oryzacystatin noun: a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice.

Noun

oryzacystatin (uncountable)

  1. A cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice.
    • A 53% mortality rate was found for Leptinotarsa decemlineata larvae reared with transgenic potato leaves overexpressing oryzacystatin I.2015 December 31, “Characterization of a Recombinant Cathepsin B-Like Cysteine Peptidase from Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae): A Putative Target for Control of Citrus Huanglongbing”...

Origin of oryzacystatin

From translingual Oryza + cystatin.

Questions about oryzacystatin

What does oryzacystatin mean?
Oryzacystatin means a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice.
What part of speech is oryzacystatin?
Oryzacystatin is a noun.

Words near oryzacystatin in the dictionary

  1. orygine
  2. Oryol
  3. orysastrobin
  4. oryx
  5. oryxes
  6. oryzacystatin
  7. oryzalexin
  8. oryzalexins
  9. oryzalin
  10. oryzanol
  11. oryzanols

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