"aquaporin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aquaporins [plural]
Etymology: aqua- + porin Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|aqua|porin}} aqua- + porin Head templates: {{en-noun}} aquaporin (plural aquaporins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that form water-permeable pores in the membrane of biological cells. Wikipedia link: aquaporin Categories (topical): Proteins Derived forms: superaquaporin Translations (class of proteins): aquaporina [feminine] (Catalan), aquaporine [feminine] (French), acuaporina [feminine] (Galician), acquaporina [feminine] (Italian), aquaporina [feminine] (Portuguese), acuaporina [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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