magainin
/məˈɡʌɪnɪn/ /məˈɡeɪnɪn/Biochemistry
noun
Any of a group of peptides with antimicrobial properties that resemble those first identified in the skin of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis.
Origin
1980s. From Hebrew māgēn shield + -in.
- messa di voce
- message
- message bag
- message-bearer
- message board
- message box
- message boy
- message card
- message-carrier
- messageless
- message pad
- messager
- message rate
- messagerie
- Messageries Maritimes
- message stick
- message switching
- message traffic
- Messalian
- Messalianism
- Messalina, Valeria
- messaline
- Messallina
- messan
- messanter