colicin

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11
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15
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7

Definition of colicin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains

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Etymology

From French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.

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