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xylodextrins

xylodextrins is the plural of xylodextrin.

Meaning of xylodextrin

Noun

xylodextrin (plural xylodextrins)

  1. An oligomer of xylose.
    • These are then transported into the cells by cellodextrin and xylodextrin transporters and—in the case of xylodextrins—reduced before they are further processed to monomeric sugars by intracellular hydrolases.2015 August 16, Xin Li et al., “Cellobionic acid utilization: from Neurospora crassa to Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI

Questions about xylodextrins

What is xylodextrins the plural of?
Xylodextrins is the plural of xylodextrin.

Words near xylodextrins in the dictionary

  1. xylocopid
  2. xylocopids
  3. xylocopine
  4. xylocoumarol
  5. xylodextrin
  6. xylodextrins
  7. xylofucogalactan
  8. xylofucogalactans
  9. xylofucoglucuronan
  10. xylofucoglycuronan
  11. xylofucoglycuronans

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