haemaphysalin
English
editEtymology
editFrom genus name Haemaphyalis + -in.
Noun
edithaemaphysalin (uncountable)
- A kallikrein-kinin inhibitor isolated from a tick of the genus Haemaphysalis
- 2016 February 13, “Temporal Gene Expression Analysis and RNA Silencing of Single and Multiple Members of Gene Family in the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- In Haemaphysalis longicornis, a unique Kunitz-domain-containing inhibitor, haemaphysalin, is responsible for interrupting the kallikrein–kinin system.