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octopeptide

octopeptide is the misspelling of octapeptide.

Meaning of octapeptide

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

Questions about octopeptide

What is octopeptide the misspelling of?
Octopeptide is the misspelling of octapeptide.

Words near octopeptide in the dictionary

  1. octoped
  2. octopedal
  3. octopede
  4. octopedes
  5. octopeds
  6. octopeptide
  7. octopetalous
  8. octophobia
  9. octophone
  10. octophones
  11. octopi

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