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Word: Aequorin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s. From scientific Latin Aequorea, genus name + -in
Definition:
A protein which occurs in the jellyfish Aequorea forskalea (and certain other marine organisms) and luminesces with a blue light when it combines with calcium ions.
Variant Forms:
- aquorin
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