Definition of Proteans

1. protean [n] - See also: protean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proteans

protanope
protanopia
protanopias
protanopic
protases
protasis
protasite
protaspid
protaspis
protatic
protea
protea family
proteaceous
protean
proteanly
proteans (current term)
proteas
protease
protease inhibitor
protease inhibitors
proteases
proteasomal
proteasome
proteasomes
protect
protectability
protectable
protectant
protectants
protected

Literary usage of Proteans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Intermediate Textbook of Physiological Chemistry with Experiments by Chauncey John Vallette Pettibone (1917)
"Derived Proteins 1. Primary Protein Derivatives.— (a) proteans.—These protein derivatives are formed by the action of very small quantities of acids, ..."

2. Civic Biology: Textbook of Problems, Local and National, that Can be Solved by Clifton Fremont Hodge, Jean Dawson (1918)
"... proteans, SALAMANDERS, FROGS, TREE FROGS, AND TOADS For an insectivorous animal which conforms to every requirement of the situation — ease of control ..."

3. Principles of Human Nutrition: A Study in Practical Dietetics by Whitman Howard Jordan (1912)
"... the latter having suffered a greater change by hydrolysis than the former. Primary Protein Derivatives 58. proteans and ..."

4. Principles of Human Nutrition: A Study in Practical Dietetics by Whitman Howard Jordan (1912)
"... the latter having suffered a greater change by hydrolysis than the former. Primary Protein Derivatives 68. proteans and ..."

5. Principles of Human Nutrition: A Study in Practical Dietetics by Whitman Howard Jordan (1912)
"... the latter having suffered a greater change by hydrolysis than the former. Primary Protein Derivatives 68. proteans and ..."

6. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"It is well known that globulins become insoluble upon repeated reprecipitation and it may possibly be found that the greater number of the proteans are ..."

7. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"It is well known that globulins become insoluble upon repeated reprecipitation and it may possibly be found that the greater number of the proteans are ..."

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