cathelin

English

Noun

cathelin (uncountable)

1. The highly-conserved domain in all cathelicidin peptides
   • 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     Altogether, cathelicidins comprise an N-terminal cathelin domain and a C-terminal cationic antimicrobial domain, which is activated upon cleavage.

Anagrams

• chainlet, chat line, chatline, ethnical