Reflectin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Reflectin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin.
Word Forms
- reflectins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retinophilin, resilin, recoverin, biliprotein, ropporin, retinoschisin.
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