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Cortical cataract(medicine)

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Cortical cataract (medicine)


cortical cataract


A cataract in which the opacity affects the cortex of the lens.

Synonym: peripheral cataract.


coleoptericin (medicine)


coleoptericin
<protein> Inducible antibacterial peptide found in the haemolymph of a tenebrionid beetle following the injection of heat killed bacteria.

Peptide A (glycine rich, 74 residues) is active against gram-negative bacteria, Peptides B AMP, C are isoforms of a 43 residue cysteine rich peptide that has sequence homology with defensins and is active against gram-positive bacteria.

See: diptericins, cecropins, apidaecins, abaecins.