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Definition of Phycocyanin

1. Noun. Blue pigment in algae.

Definition of Phycocyanin

1. n. A blue coloring matter found in certain algæ.

Definition of Phycocyanin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll. ¹

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Definition of Phycocyanin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phycocyanin

1. Blue phycobilin found in some algae and especially in cyanobacteria. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phycocyanin

Literary usage of Phycocyanin

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

1. Botanical Microtechnique: A Hand-book of Methods for the Preparation by A[lbrecht] Zimmermann (1893)
"... and phycocyanin. Of these the first must certainly be identical with ordinary chlorophyll, but whether the ..."

2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1902)
"The phycocyanin is readily soluble in water, and in drying specimens for the herbarium, it often makes a bright blue stain on the paper. ..."

3. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"The chlorophyll, which is associated with a blue pigment (phycocyanin), ... The phycocyanin is readily soluble in water, and in drying specimens for the ..."

4. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1904)
"... claims that the phycocyanin of the ... pink phycocyanin. Professor Chodat has studied the rare ..."

5. Handbook of Plant Morphology: Being the Handbook of Plant Dissection by Otis William Caldwell, Joseph Charles Arthur, Charles Reid Barnes, John Merle Coulter (1904)
"The study of the protoplasm and chlorophyll is much obscured by the presence of the peculiar coloring-matter, phycocyanin, characteristic of all the ..."

6. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1992)
"The number of phycocyanin discs in the rod substructures of the mutant was more variable than in the wild-type. Hence, one function of LR9 may be to ..."

7. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1904)
"... claims that the phycocyanin of the ... pink phycocyanin. Professor Chodat has studied the rare ..."

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