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riboforin

riboforin is the alternative form of ribophorin.

Meaning of ribophorin

Noun

ribophorin (plural ribophorins)

  1. Any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins located in the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but absent in the membrane of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.

Forms of riboforin

pluralriboforins

Questions about riboforin

What is riboforin the alternative form of?
Riboforin is the alternative form of ribophorin.

Words near riboforin in the dictionary

  1. riboexonuclease
  2. riboexonucleases
  3. riboflavin
  4. riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate
  5. riboflavins
  6. riboforin
  7. riboforins
  8. ribofuranose
  9. ribofuranoses
  10. ribofuranoside
  11. ribofuranosides

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