mutein

[ myoo-teen, -tee-in ]

/ ˈmyu tin, -ti ɪn /

noun Biochemistry.

a mutationally altered protein.

Nearby words

mutchkin, mute, mute swan, muted, mutedly, mutein, mutha, muti, muticous, mutilate, mutilating keratoderma

Origin of mutein

apparently mut(ation) + (prot)ein

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Medicine definitions for mutein

mutein

[ myōō′tēn′, -tē-ĭn ]

n.

A protein arising as a result of a mutation.

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