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Definition of Ovalbumin

1. Noun. The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water. "She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

Definition of Ovalbumin

1. n. The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.

Definition of Ovalbumin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ovalbumin

1. A major protein constituent of egg white. A phosphoprotein of 386 amino acids (44 kD) with one N linked oligosaccharide chain. Synthesis is stimulated by oestrogen. The gene, of which there is only one in the chicken genome, has eight exons and is of 7.8 kbase, it was one of the first genes to be studied in this sort of detail. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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