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Kelch

Kelch

See also: kelch

German

Noun

Kelch m (genitive Kelchs or Kelches, plural Kelche)

  1. chalice
  2. (botany) calyx

Declension

kelch

kelch

See also: Kelch

English

Noun

kelch (uncountable)

  1. A particular sequence of amino acids found in many proteins of eukaryotic and bacterial species
    • 2015 July 9, Nadia Haingotiana Raboanatahiry et al., “Genome-wide identification and Phylogenic analysis of kelch motif containing ACBP in Brassica napus”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, DOI:10.1186/s12864-015-1735-6:
      Comparison in chromosome location was based on kelch motif ACBPs.