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Steptavidin vs Streptavidin - What's the difference?

steptavidin | streptavidin |

As nouns the difference between steptavidin and streptavidin

is that steptavidin is (protein) a protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin while streptavidin is (biochemistry) a tetrameric protein purified from streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin.

steptavidin

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Noun

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  • (protein) A protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin

    • streptavidin

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    Noun

    (wikipedia streptavidin) (-)
  • (biochemistry) A tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin