coprisin

coprisin

English

Noun

coprisin (plural coprisins)

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:10.3390/ph8020151:

     They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities.

Anagrams

• porcinis