Kake's Biological Word List

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Peptide

A chain of a small number (20 or less) of amino acids. A peptide is made by processes such as chemical synthesis, partial hydrolysis of a protein etc.

This word added in 1997, last updated in 1997.
Kake's Biological Word List - comments and questions to Kake L Pugh (kake@earth.li).