haemaphysalin

English

Etymology

From genus name Haemaphyalis +‎ -in

Noun

haemaphysalin (uncountable)

  1. 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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147966:
      In Haemaphysalis longicornis, a unique Kunitz-domain-containing inhibitor, haemaphysalin, is responsible for interrupting the kallikrein–kinin system.
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