Guardee
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Guardee is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any protein (involved in an immune system) that when modified by a pathogen becomes bound by a guard protein, precipitating the immune response.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any protein (involved in an immune system) that when modified by a pathogen becomes bound by a guard protein, precipitating the immune response.
More Meanings
- (rare) guardsman
Word Forms
- guardees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protectin, defensome, affitin, epitope, proteide, affimer.
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