Usually means: Helpers in enzyme catalytic processes.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cofactors: Merriam-Webster
  2. cofactors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Cofactors, cofactors: Wordnik
  4. cofactors: Wiktionary
  5. cofactors: Dictionary.com
  6. Cofactors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Cofactors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cofactors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cofactors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cofactors: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cofactor)

noun:  A contributing factor.
noun:  (biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
noun:  (biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
noun:  (mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
noun:  (mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
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