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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “copro- + ? + -in”)
Noun
coprisin (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A peptide, similar to defensin, found in bacteria-immunized dung beetles
2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI:They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities.
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