Associations to the word «Phycobilin»

Wiktionary

PHYCOBILIN, noun. (biochemistry) any of a group of highly coloured pigments found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments

Dictionary definition

PHYCOBILIN, noun. Water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria.

Wise words

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