Definition of Properdin

1. Noun. (protein) A protein in human serum that complements part of the immune system ¹

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Definition of Properdin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Properdin

proper acceleration
proper adjective
proper adjectives
proper fraction
proper fractions
proper motion
proper name
proper names
proper noun
proper nounhood
proper nouns
proper subset
properate
properating
properation
properdin (current term)
properdins
properer
properest
properidine
properispome
properispomenon
properispomenons
properispomes
properly
properly speaking
properness
propernesses
propers
propertie

Literary usage of Properdin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"A highly conserved ammo-acid sequence in thrombospondin, properdin and in proteins from sporozoites and blood stages of a human malaria parasite. ..."

2. Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"ROBERTSON, J., CALDWELL, JR, CASTLE, JR, WALDMAN, RH Evidence for the presence of components of the alternative (properdin) pathway of complement activation ..."

3. Annual Report of the Prison Association of New York for the Year by Prison Association of New York (1908)
"It is impossible to classify prisoners properdin the smaller counties. The only remedy for the utter failure of the county system is to establish State ..."

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