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proteohormone

proteohormone noun: any protein that acts as a hormone.

Noun

proteohormone (plural proteohormones)

  1. Any protein that acts as a hormone
    • RbST is a proteohormone that can be used to increase milk production, but its administration is illegal in the EU [16 ] and of consumer’s concern in the USA. To detect rbST abuse, it has been shown that rbST-dependent protein biomarkers in serum and milk of dairy cows can be monitored, but levels...2015 August 27, “Calling Biomarkers in Milk Using a Protein Microarray on Your Smartphone”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of proteohormone

pluralproteohormones

Origin of proteohormone

From proteo- + hormone.

Questions about proteohormone

What does proteohormone mean?
Proteohormone means any protein that acts as a hormone.
What part of speech is proteohormone?
Proteohormone is a noun.
What is the plural of proteohormone?
The plural of proteohormone is proteohormones.

Words near proteohormone in the dictionary

  1. proteoglycanases
  2. proteoglycans
  3. proteoglycolipid
  4. proteoglycolipids
  5. proteoheparan
  6. proteohormone
  7. proteohormones
  8. proteohydrolysis
  9. proteohydrolytic
  10. proteoid
  11. proteolipid

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