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Sporozoite vs Circumsporozoite - What's the difference?

sporozoite | circumsporozoite | Derived terms |

Circumsporozoite is a derived term of sporozoite.


As a noun sporozoite

is any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

As an adjective circumsporozoite is

(biology|of a protein) located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as cs.

sporozoite

English

Noun

(wikipedia sporozoite) (en noun)
  • Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

    • Derived terms

    *circumsporozoite

    circumsporozoite

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology, of a protein) Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS