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procathepsins

procathepsins is the plural of procathepsin.

Meaning of procathepsin

Noun

procathepsin (plural procathepsins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins
    • The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].2015 December 17, “An Active 32-kDa Cathepsin L Is Secreted Directly from HT 1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells and Not via Lysosomal Exocytosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about procathepsins

What is procathepsins the plural of?
Procathepsins is the plural of procathepsin.

Words near procathepsins in the dictionary

  1. procatarxis
  2. procaterol
  3. procathedral
  4. procathedrals
  5. procathepsin
  6. procathepsins
  7. procatopodine
  8. procatopodines
  9. procaviid
  10. procaviids
  11. procced

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