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Medical Definition of Trefoil polypeptide
1. A group of polypeptides that share the trefoil moiety of a highly stable three-loop structure held together by disulfide bonds based on cysteine residues; they are widely expressed in gastrointestinal tissues and secreted by mucous cells; their functions are as yet unknown. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trefoil Polypeptide
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