white |
avidin |
As nouns the difference between white and avidin
is that
white is the color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths while
avidin is a tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
As an adjective white
is bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
As a verb white
is to make white; to whiten; to bleach.
As a proper noun White
is {{surname|common|from=nicknames}.
egg |
avidin |
As nouns the difference between egg and avidin
is that
egg is (zoology|countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development while
avidin is (biology) a tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
As a verb egg
is to throw
eggs at or
egg can be to encourage, incite.
bacteriophobia |
bacteriophobe |
As nouns the difference between bacteriophobia and bacteriophobe
is that
bacteriophobia is an abnormal fear of bacteria while
bacteriophobe is a person afflicted with bacteriophobia.
photosynthetic |
bacteriochlorophyll |
As an adjective photosynthetic
is of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.
As a noun bacteriochlorophyll is
a photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
integral |
ankyrin |
As nouns the difference between integral and ankyrin
is that
integral is a number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed while
ankyrin is any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.
As an adjective integral
is constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.
membrane |
ankyrin |
As nouns the difference between membrane and ankyrin
is that
membrane is membrane while
ankyrin is (biology) any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.
spectrin |
ankyrin |
As nouns the difference between spectrin and ankyrin
is that
spectrin is (protein) a contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells while
ankyrin is (biology) any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.
actin |
ankyrin |
As nouns the difference between actin and ankyrin
is that
actin is (protein|uncountable) a globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament) while
ankyrin is (biology) any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.
skeleton |
ankyrin |
As nouns the difference between skeleton and ankyrin
is that
skeleton is (anatomy) the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals while
ankyrin is (biology) any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.
As a verb skeleton
is (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
biologist |
systematist |
As nouns the difference between biologist and systematist
is that
biologist is a student of biology; one versed in the science of biology while
systematist is a biologist who studies systematics.
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