Meanings
nounpappalysin (plural pappalysins)
plural pappalysins
- biochemistryAny of a class of peptidases associated with pregnancy
The other was Pappa2 (pappalysin2; pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2) gene which encodes for a member of the pappalysin family of metzincin metalloproteinases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/364027 ).
2015 July 11, “Unraveling the Rat Intestine, Spleen and Liver Genome-Wide Transcriptome after the Oral Administration of Lavender Oil by a Two-Color Dye-Swap DNA Microarray Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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