Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticalin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-calin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.

Example Sentences

"The calyx architecture offers several opportunities for therapeutic applications: the most radical involves the engineering of the natural proteins to produce anticalins, antibody mimetics devised to bind specific ligands, including drugs for targeted delivery."

Etymology

From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.

Inflected Forms

anticalins (plural)

Questions

What does anticalin mean?: Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.
Where does anticalin come from?: From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.

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