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polyalanine

polyalanine noun: a polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues.

Noun

polyalanine (uncountable)

  1. A polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues

Origin of polyalanine

From poly- + alanine.

Questions about polyalanine

What does polyalanine mean?
Polyalanine means a polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues.
What part of speech is polyalanine?
Polyalanine is a noun.

Words near polyalanine in the dictionary

  1. polyaesthesia
  2. polyagglutinable
  3. polyagglutination
  4. Polyak
  5. Polyaks
  6. polyalanine
  7. polyalcohol
  8. polyalcohols
  9. polyaldehyde
  10. polyaldehydes
  11. polyalgebras

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