"extensin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extensins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} extensin (plural extensins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.

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