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octapeptide

octapeptide noun: an oligopeptide having eight amino acids.

Noun

octapeptide (plural octapeptides)

  1. An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
    • a, COS-7 cells were transfected with expression plasmids directing the expression of each of the indicated PrP deletion mutants (green, octapeptide repeats; red, globular domain; SS, signal sequence).2009 February 26, Juha Laurén et al., “Cellular prion protein mediates impairment of synaptic plasticity by amyloid-β oligomers”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1128–1132

Forms of octapeptide

pluraloctapeptides

Origin of octapeptide

From octa- + peptide.

Words formed from octapeptide

Questions about octapeptide

What does octapeptide mean?
Octapeptide means an oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
What part of speech is octapeptide?
Octapeptide is a noun.
What is the plural of octapeptide?
The plural of octapeptide is octapeptides.

Words near octapeptide in the dictionary

  1. octaoxides
  2. octaoxo
  3. octaoxygen
  4. octapalladium
  5. octapartite
  6. octapeptide
  7. octapeptides
  8. octaphosphorus
  9. octapine
  10. octapla
  11. octaples

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