elicitin

noun

Etymology

From elicit + -in.

  1. borrowed from elicitus
  2. suffixed as elicitin — “elicit + in

Definitions

  1. Any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain…

    Any of a family of small, highly conserved toxic proteins secreted by certain phytopathogenic microorganisms and inducing a necrotic and systemic hypersensitive response in certain plants.

The neighborhood

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