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  • noun Plural form of leucine.

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  • Most of the PLUNC / BASE family do not have the high content of leucines noted above for latherin, with a few exceptions (e.g. human PLUNC Swiss-Prot Q9NP55; Leu 23\%).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rhona E. McDonald et al. 2009

  • (C) Amino acid composition of the mature form of latherin obtained from its cDNA sequence, showing that the protein is unusually enriched in leucines.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rhona E. McDonald et al. 2009

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