oligoarginine etymology

English word oligoarginine comes from English oligo- (Few.), English arginine

Detailed word origin of oligoarginine

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
oligo- English (eng) Few.
arginine English (eng) An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
oligoarginine English (eng) (biochemistry) A relatively short polyarginine, especially one used to enhance cellular delivery of a drug.

Words with the same origin as oligoarginine

Descendants of oligo-
diphosphooligosaccharide fructooligosaccharide oligochitosan oligochrome oligoclase oligoclonal oligocone oligocrystalline oligodynamic oligolecithal oligomania oligopeptidase oligopeptide oligopetalous oligopotency oligopotent oligopsony oligopyrimidine oligosemy oligosialic oligosilane oligosome oligosymptomatic oligotrophic
Descendants of arginine
arginase argininal arginyl arginylation argipressin desargination