phototropin

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noun

Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.

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Meanings

nounphototropin (plural phototropins)

plural phototropins

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.
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