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pappalysins

pappalysins is the plural of pappalysin.

Meaning of pappalysin

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...

Questions about pappalysins

What is pappalysins the plural of?
Pappalysins is the plural of pappalysin.

Words near pappalysins in the dictionary

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

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