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phototropin

phototropin noun: any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.

Noun

phototropin (plural phototropins)

  1. Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.

Forms of phototropin

pluralphototropins

Questions about phototropin

What does phototropin mean?
Phototropin means any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.
What part of speech is phototropin?
Phototropin is a noun.
What is the plural of phototropin?
The plural of phototropin is phototropins.

Words near phototropin in the dictionary

  1. phototrophism
  2. phototrophs
  3. phototrophy
  4. phototropic
  5. phototropically
  6. phototropin
  7. phototropins
  8. phototropism
  9. phototropisms
  10. phototropistic
  11. phototropy

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