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streptoavidin

streptoavidin is the alternative form of streptavidin.

Meaning of streptavidin

Noun

streptavidin (countable and uncountable, plural streptavidins)

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

Questions about streptoavidin

What is streptoavidin the alternative form of?
Streptoavidin is the alternative form of streptavidin.

Words near streptoavidin in the dictionary

  1. streptaxid
  2. streptaxids
  3. streptin
  4. strepto
  5. strepto-
  6. streptoavidin
  7. streptobacillary
  8. streptobacilli
  9. streptobacillosis
  10. streptobacillus
  11. streptobacteria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: streptoavidin (page history and authors); streptavidin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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