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- noun organic chemistry Any of a class of
heterocycle having a four-membered ring with twocarbon atoms and twooxygen atoms
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I also studied the properties of GFP and resolved a controversy regarding the role of a dioxetane intermediate in the luminescence reaction of firefly luciferin.
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