cathelicidin
English
editEtymology
editFrom cathelin (“the protein domain conserved in cathelicidins”) + -cide (“killer”) + -in, in 1995.[1]
Noun
editcathelicidin (plural cathelicidins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.