attacin

English

Noun

attacin (countable and uncountable, plural attacins)

  1. (biochemistry) An antibacterial protein originally found in the immune haemolymph of Hyalophora cecropia
    • 2015 July 17, “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Whereas sexual dimorphism was observed in relation to attacin only between males and females of the Pr group (LSD Post hoc, P ; Table 2 ), significant gender differences were found for defensin in both the UnPr and Pr groups (LSD Post-Hoc, P = 0.03 and P ).

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