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peripheral membrane proteins

peripheral membrane proteins is the plural of peripheral membrane protein.

Meaning of peripheral membrane protein

Noun

peripheral membrane protein (countable and uncountable, plural peripheral membrane proteins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.
    • 2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/
      Peripheral membrane proteins, or extrinsic proteins, do not interact with the hydrophobic core...

Questions about peripheral membrane proteins

What is peripheral membrane proteins the plural of?
Peripheral membrane proteins is the plural of peripheral membrane protein.

Words near peripheral membrane proteins in the dictionary

  1. peripheral brains
  2. peripheral bus
  3. peripheral device
  4. peripheral devices
  5. peripheral membrane protein
  6. peripheral membrane proteins
  7. peripheral nervous system
  8. peripheral nervous systems
  9. peripheral neuropathy
  10. peripheral oxygen saturation
  11. peripheral vision

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