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thermolysins

thermolysins is the plural of thermolysin.

Meaning of thermolysin

Noun

thermolysin (countable and uncountable, plural thermolysins)

  1. A thermostable neutral metalloproteinase enzyme produced by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus.

Questions about thermolysins

What is thermolysins the plural of?
Thermolysins is the plural of thermolysin.

Words near thermolysins in the dictionary

  1. thermolyse
  2. thermolysed
  3. thermolyses
  4. thermolysin
  5. thermolysing
  6. thermolysins
  7. thermolysis
  8. thermolytic
  9. thermolyze
  10. thermolyzed
  11. thermolyzes

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