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tuftsin

tuftsin noun: a tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.

Noun

tuftsin (countable and uncountable, plural tuftsins)

  1. A tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.

Forms of tuftsin

pluraltuftsins

Origin of tuftsin

From Tufts + -in, after Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, where it was discovered.

Questions about tuftsin

What does tuftsin mean?
Tuftsin means a tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.
What part of speech is tuftsin?
Tuftsin is a noun.
What is the plural of tuftsin?
The plural of tuftsin is tuftsins.

Words near tuftsin in the dictionary

  1. tuftlike
  2. Tufton
  3. Tuftonboro
  4. tufts
  5. Tuftses
  6. tuftsin
  7. tuftsins
  8. tufty
  9. TUFU
  10. tug
  11. tug at someone's heart strings

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