sauvagine
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English
Noun
sauvagine (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A particular oligopeptide that functions as a neuropeptide
- 2014 May 16, Katerina Spyridaki et al., “Structural-Functional Analysis of the Third Transmembrane Domain of the Corticotropin-releasing Factor Type 1 Receptor”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 289, :
- CRF and related peptides, such as sauvagine, bind to the extracellular regions of CRF 1 R and activate the receptor.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
sauvagine f (plural sauvagines)
Further reading
- “sauvagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.