histatin

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Etymology

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From the histidine and probably -static.

Noun

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histatin (plural histatins)

  1. Any of a class of antimicrobial and antifungal histidine-rich proteins found in saliva. [1]

References

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  1. ^ Oppenheim, F. G., et al. "Histatins, a novel family of histidine-rich proteins in human parotid secretion. Isolation, characterization, primary structure, and fungistatic effects on Candida albicans." Journal of Biological Chemistry 263.16 (1988): 7472-7477.
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