Cytochrome

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  • noun. Any of a class of usually colored proteins that contain a heme group, are electron carriers, and catalyze oxidation-reduction reactions during cellular respiration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In neural., a name given by Nissl to the so-called ‘granules,’ or nerve-cells with scanty cytoplasm incompletely surrounding a small nucleus which does not exceed in size the nucleus of an ordinary leucocyte or neuroglia cell: opposed to *caryochrome cell which has a larger nucleus.
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  • noun. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.
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  • noun. (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
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    "Researchers found differences in 10 genes around an enzyme called cytochrome P450 1b1, which is known to break down estrogen and tobacco smoke."
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