tuftsin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Tufts + -in, after Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, where it was discovered.
Noun[edit]
tuftsin (countable and uncountable, plural tuftsins)
- (biochemistry) A tetrapeptide produced by enzymatic cleavage of the Fc-domain of the heavy chain of immunoglobulin G.