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phycobillin

phycobillin is the alternative form of phycobilin.

Meaning of phycobilin

Noun

phycobilin (plural phycobilins)

  1. Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.

Forms of phycobillin

pluralphycobillins

Questions about phycobillin

What is phycobillin the alternative form of?
Phycobillin is the alternative form of phycobilin.

Words near phycobillin in the dictionary

  1. phycobilins
  2. phycobiliprotein
  3. phycobiliproteins
  4. phycobilisome
  5. phycobilisomes
  6. phycobillin
  7. phycobillins
  8. phycobiloprotein
  9. phycobiont
  10. phycobionts
  11. phycochromaceous

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