colicin

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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.

Noun

colicin (plural colicins)

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

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