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phosphospecific

phosphospecific adjective: describing an antibody that binds to phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a protein.

Adjective

phosphospecific (comparative more phosphospecific, superlative most phosphospecific)

  1. Describing an antibody that binds to phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a protein.

Forms of phosphospecific

comparativemore phosphospecific
superlativemost phosphospecific
alternative formphospho-specific

Origin of phosphospecific

From phospho- + specific.

Words formed from phosphospecific

Questions about phosphospecific

What does phosphospecific mean?
Phosphospecific means describing an antibody that binds to phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a protein.
What part of speech is phosphospecific?
Phosphospecific is an adjective.

Words near phosphospecific in the dictionary

  1. phosphosilicate
  2. phosphosilicates
  3. phosphosite
  4. phosphosites
  5. phosphospecies
  6. phosphospecific
  7. phosphospecificity
  8. phosphosphingolipid
  9. phosphosphingolipids
  10. phosphosphingomyelin
  11. phosphosphingomyelins

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