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streptavidin

streptavidin noun: a tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin.

Noun

streptavidin (countable and uncountable, plural streptavidins)

  1. A tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin

Forms of streptavidin

pluralstreptavidins

Origin of streptavidin

From Streptomyces avidinii + -in.

Words formed from streptavidin

Questions about streptavidin

What does streptavidin mean?
Streptavidin means a tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin.
What part of speech is streptavidin?
Streptavidin is a noun.
What is the plural of streptavidin?
The plural of streptavidin is streptavidins.

Words near streptavidin in the dictionary

  1. streptamines
  2. streptamycin
  3. streptaster
  4. streptasters
  5. streptavadin
  6. streptavidin
  7. streptavidinate
  8. streptavidinated
  9. streptavidine
  10. streptavidins
  11. streptaxid

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