Cryptochrome
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cryptochrome is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.
Word Forms
- cryptochromes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cyanobacteriochrome, bacteriophytochrome, phytochrome, chromatotrophin, apophytochrome, chromoproteid.
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