tuftsin
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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.