anticalin

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Etymology[edit]

From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.

Noun[edit]

anticalin (plural anticalins)

  1. Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.
    • 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The calyx architecture offers several opportunities for therapeutic applications: the most radical involves the engineering of the natural proteins to produce anticalins, antibody mimetics devised to bind specific ligands, including drugs for targeted delivery.
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