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pexiganan

pexiganan noun: a synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.

Noun

pexiganan (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.
    • Seven overnight passages with pexiganan caused MIC increase in 6 of 7 bacterial species tested.2015 July 16, “Insect Antimicrobial Peptide Complexes Prevent Resistance Development in Bacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about pexiganan

What does pexiganan mean?
Pexiganan means a synthetic antimicrobial peptide developed for the treatment of infection in diabetics.
What part of speech is pexiganan?
Pexiganan is a noun.

Words near pexiganan in the dictionary

  1. pewtery
  2. pewtre
  3. PEX
  4. pexacerfont
  5. pexelizumab
  6. pexiganan
  7. pexophagic
  8. pexophagosome
  9. pexophagosomes
  10. pexophagy
  11. pey

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