nitrophorin

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noun

Any of a group of hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.

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Meanings

nounnitrophorin (plural nitrophorins)

plural nitrophorins

  1. Any of a group of hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.

    The clustering and structural similarity of DUF 1794 and DUF 3598 with the nitrophorins shows that the DUFs have possible similar binding sites.

    2015 August 12, “Structure-Based Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lipocalin Superfamily”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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