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ribonucleoprotein

ribonucleoprotein noun: any nucleoprotein that contains RNA.

Noun

ribonucleoprotein (plural ribonucleoproteins)

  1. Any nucleoprotein that contains RNA.

Forms of ribonucleoprotein

pluralribonucleoproteins

Origin of ribonucleoprotein

From ribo- + nucleoprotein.

Words formed from ribonucleoprotein

Questions about ribonucleoprotein

What does ribonucleoprotein mean?
Ribonucleoprotein means any nucleoprotein that contains RNA.
What part of speech is ribonucleoprotein?
Ribonucleoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of ribonucleoprotein?
The plural of ribonucleoprotein is ribonucleoproteins.

Words near ribonucleoprotein in the dictionary

  1. ribonucleolytic
  2. ribonucleolytically
  3. ribonucleoparticle
  4. ribonucleoparticles
  5. ribonucleoproteic
  6. ribonucleoprotein
  7. ribonucleoproteins
  8. ribonucleoproteome
  9. ribonucleoproteomes
  10. ribonucleoproteomic
  11. ribonucleosidase

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