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phenol oxidase

phenol oxidase is the alternative form of phenoloxidase.

Meaning of phenoloxidase

Noun

phenoloxidase (plural phenoloxidases)

  1. An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes
    • In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]1991, Gregory W. Narr, Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions, →ISBN, page 48

Forms of phenol oxidase

pluralphenol oxidases

Questions about phenol oxidase

What is phenol oxidase the alternative form of?
Phenol oxidase is the alternative form of phenoloxidase.

Words near phenol oxidase in the dictionary

  1. phenogroupings
  2. phenogroups
  3. phenol
  4. phenol formaldehyde resin
  5. phenol formaldehyde resins
  6. phenol oxidase
  7. phenol oxidases
  8. phenol phthalein
  9. phenol red
  10. phenolamide
  11. phenolamides

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