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undecaheme

undecaheme noun: eleven heme groups in a molecule.

Noun

undecaheme (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Eleven heme groups in a molecule
    • Such preferential orientation may be deduced, for example, from recent X-ray diffraction data of undecaheme cytochrome crystalized in the presence of soluble Fe(III) chelates [23 ,26 ].2015 December 29, “In Situ Analysis of a Silver Nanoparticle-Precipitating Shewanella Biofilm by Surface Enhanced Confocal Raman Microscopy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of undecaheme

From undeca- + heme.

Questions about undecaheme

What does undecaheme mean?
Undecaheme means eleven heme groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is undecaheme?
Undecaheme is a noun.

Words near undecaheme in the dictionary

  1. undecagonal
  2. undecagons
  3. undecahedra
  4. undecahedron
  5. undecahedrons
  6. undecaheme
  7. undecahydrate
  8. undecahydrates
  9. undecahydroxy
  10. undecalcified
  11. undecamer

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