cytochrome
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
protein that contains iron and acts as an electron and hydrogen acceptor for cellular energy processesPart of speech:
NounPlural: plural: cytochromes
Example sentences with this word:
Cytochromes like FAD and NAD are needed for cellular respiration.
FAD and NAD are cytochromes.
Hubel and his colleagues had studied the visual cortex of the rhesus monkey for many years without observing these cells and it was only when the cytochrome oxidase blobs had been demonstrated consistently and they started to look for receptive-field properties within them that they obtained these surprising results.
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