Medical Dictionary

selenocysteine

noun sel·e·no·cys·teine \ˌsel-ə-nō-ˈsis-tə-ˌēn\

Medical Definition of SELENOCYSTEINE

:  a cysteine analog C3H7NO2Se in which one atom of sulfur has been replaced with one atom of selenium

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