virokines

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A form of virokine — Any of a group of proteins, similar to cytokines, that are produced by the action of some DNA viruses

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of virokine

    B20, M2), which are known to inhibit apoptosis, three Bcl-2-like proteins (CPXV-GRI A49, B13, Q1), which inhibit NF‐κB activation and two virokines, which act as soluble receptors of Interleukin-1 (CPXV-GRI C6) or CC-type chemokines (CPXV-GRI D1) [34 ].

    2015 November 11, “Comparison of the Cowpox Virus and Vaccinia Virus Mature Virion Proteome: Analysis of the Species- and Strain-Specific Proteome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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