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pappalysin

pappalysin noun: any of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy.

Noun

pappalysin (plural pappalysins)

  1. Any of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy
    • The other was Pappa2 (pappalysin2; pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2) gene which encodes for a member of the pappalysin family of metzincin metalloproteinases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/364027 ).2015 July 11, “Unraveling the Rat Intestine, Spleen and Liver Genome-Wide Transcriptome after the Oral Administration of Lavender Oil by a Two-Color Dye-Swap DNA Microarray Approach”, in PLOS ONE...

Forms of pappalysin

pluralpappalysins

Questions about pappalysin

What does pappalysin mean?
Pappalysin means any of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy.
What part of speech is pappalysin?
Pappalysin is a noun.
What is the plural of pappalysin?
The plural of pappalysin is pappalysins.

Words near pappalysin in the dictionary

  1. pappadum
  2. pappadums
  3. pappal
  4. Pappalardo
  5. Pappalardos
  6. pappalysin
  7. pappalysins
  8. pappardelle
  9. pappas
  10. Pappases
  11. pappataci fever

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