English Explanatory Dictionary

polyprotein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones

Word forms

polyprotein polyproteins

Etymology

From poly- + protein.

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