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- noun A small
protein - noun A
peptide fragment of a protein
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Examples
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Maybe PsycoPath (r), the sports shampoo with salon-grade microprotein packed in a manly black injection-molded plastic motor-oil canister.
Shampoo Planet Coupland, Douglas 1992
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Microproteins are small proteins with fewer than 150 amino acids and are notoriously difficult to detect with standard gene and protein sequencing techniques.
Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease Miryam Naddaf 2026
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