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attacins

attacins is the plural of attacin.

Meaning of attacin

Noun

attacin (countable and uncountable, plural attacins)

  1. An antibacterial protein originally found in the immune haemolymph of Hyalophora cecropia
    • 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 ).2015 July 17, “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about attacins

What is attacins the plural of?
Attacins is the plural of attacin.

Words near attacins in the dictionary

  1. attaché cases
  2. attachés
  3. attachéship
  4. attachéships
  5. attacin
  6. attacins
  7. attack
  8. attack ad
  9. attack ads
  10. attack aircraft
  11. attack au fer

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