serotransferrin

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noun

A transferrin found in blood plasma

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Meanings

nounserotransferrin (plural serotransferrins)

plural serotransferrins

  1. biochemistryA transferrin found in blood plasma

    A total of 16 differentially expressed proteins (7 upregulated, such as heat shock proteins and 9 downregulated, such as alpha-fetoprotein and, serotransferrin) were identified when Yorkshire gilts were compared with Meishan gilts on day 90 of gestation.

    2015 August 26, “Proteomic Analysis of Fetal Ovary Reveals That Ovarian Developmental Potential Is Greater in Meishan Pigs than in Yorkshire Pigs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sero- + transferrin.

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