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phycoerythin

phycoerythin is the misspelling of phycoerythrin.

Meaning of phycoerythrin

Noun

phycoerythrin (countable and uncountable, plural phycoerythrins)

  1. A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads.

Questions about phycoerythin

What is phycoerythin the misspelling of?
Phycoerythin is the misspelling of phycoerythrin.

Words near phycoerythin in the dictionary

  1. phycocyanobilin
  2. phycocyanobilins
  3. phycodnaviral
  4. phycodnavirus
  5. phycodnaviruses
  6. phycoerythin
  7. phycoerythrin
  8. phycoerythrine
  9. phycoerythrines
  10. phycoerythrins
  11. phycoerythrobilin

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