orcokinin
orcokinin noun: any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues.
Noun
orcokinin (plural orcokinins)
- Any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues
- These transcripts included ones for ACP, AST-A, AST-C, bursicon α, bursicon β, CCHamide, corazonin, CCAP, CHH, DH31, diuretic hormone 44 (DH44), EH, FLRFamide, GSEFLamide, ILP, intocin, leucokinin, myosuppressin, neuroparsin, NPF, orcokinin, pigment dispersing hormone (PDH), proctolin, pyrokinin...2015 December 31, “Neuropeptidergic Signaling in the American Lobster Homarus americanus : New Insights from High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Forms of orcokinin
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Origin of orcokinin
From Orconectes limosus ("a species of crayfish") and kinin.
Questions about orcokinin
- What does orcokinin mean?
- Orcokinin means any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues.
- What part of speech is orcokinin?
- Orcokinin is a noun.
- What is the plural of orcokinin?
- The plural of orcokinin is orcokinins.
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