English Explanatory Dictionary

tuftsin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tuftsin tuftsins

Etymology

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

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