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zeamatin

zeamatin noun: an antifungal protein found in Zea mays.

Noun

zeamatin (uncountable)

  1. An antifungal protein found in Zea mays.
    • Unlike other pathogenesis-related group 5 proteins, zeamatin inhibits insect α-amylase and mammalian trypsin activities [75 ].2015 July 15, “Proteome Analysis of Poplar Seed Vigor”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of zeamatin

From Zea mays and -in.

Questions about zeamatin

What does zeamatin mean?
Zeamatin means an antifungal protein found in Zea mays.
What part of speech is zeamatin?
Zeamatin is a noun.

Words near zeamatin in the dictionary

  1. zealously
  2. zealousness
  3. zealousnesses
  4. zealousy
  5. zeals
  6. zeamatin
  7. zeamet
  8. zeamets
  9. zeamine
  10. zeamines
  11. zean

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