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viroporin

viroporin noun: any of a family of viral porins.

Noun

viroporin (plural viroporins)

  1. Any of a family of viral porins
    • M2 is a viroporin that plays an important role during the early stages of virus entry.2015 February 13, Lei Deng et al., “M2e-Based Universal Influenza A Vaccines”, in Vaccines, volume 3, →DOI

Forms of viroporin

pluralviroporins

Origin of viroporin

From viro- + porin.

Questions about viroporin

What does viroporin mean?
Viroporin means any of a family of viral porins.
What part of speech is viroporin?
Viroporin is a noun.
What is the plural of viroporin?
The plural of viroporin is viroporins.

Words near viroporin in the dictionary

  1. virophagy
  2. viroplasm
  3. viroplasmic
  4. viroplasmin
  5. viroplasms
  6. viroporin
  7. viroporins
  8. viropositive
  9. Viroqua
  10. virose
  11. virosecurinine

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