Meanings
nouncoprisin (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryA peptide, similar to defensin, found in bacteria-immunized dung beetles
They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities.
2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals, volume 8, →DOI
Origin
From translingual Copris (genus of dung beetles) + -in.
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Chicago
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