serotransferrin

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English

Etymology

From sero- +‎ transferrin.

Noun

serotransferrin (plural serotransferrins)

  1. (biochemistry) A transferrin found in blood plasma
    • 2015 August 26, “Proteomic Analysis of Fetal Ovary Reveals That Ovarian Developmental Potential Is Greater in Meishan Pigs than in Yorkshire Pigs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      A total of 16 differentially expressed proteins (7 upregulated, such as heat shock proteins and 9 downregulated, such as alpha-fetoprotein and, serotransferrin) were identified when Yorkshire gilts were compared with Meishan gilts on day 90 of gestation.