cathelicidin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cathelin (“the protein domain conserved in cathelicidins”) + -cide (“killer”) + -in, in 1995.[1]
Noun[edit]
cathelicidin (plural cathelicidins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.