haemaphysalin

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English

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Etymology

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From genus name Haemaphyalis +‎ -in.

Noun

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haemaphysalin (uncountable)

  1. A kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis
    • 2016 February 13, “Temporal Gene Expression Analysis and RNA Silencing of Single and Multiple Members of Gene Family in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In Haemaphysalis longicornis, a unique Kunitz-domain-containing inhibitor, haemaphysalin, is responsible for interrupting the kallikrein–kinin system.