Meanings
nounoryzacystatin (uncountable)
- uncountableA cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice.
A 53% mortality rate was found for Leptinotarsa decemlineata larvae reared with transgenic potato leaves overexpressing oryzacystatin I.
2015 December 31, “Characterization of a Recombinant Cathepsin B-Like Cysteine Peptidase from Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae): A Putative Target for Control of Citrus Huanglongbing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From translingual Oryza + cystatin.
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