aequorin

[ ee-kwawr-in, ee-kwor- ]

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noun

, Biochemistry, Histology.

a protein, secreted by certain jellyfish, that produces a blue light upon binding with calcium.

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Word History and Origins

1965–70; < New Latin Aequor ( ea ) a genus of jellyfish that produces such a protein ( Latin: feminine of aequoreus of the sea, equivalent to aequor level surface, the sea + -eus -eous ) + -in ²

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