coprisin

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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)

  1. (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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