Synonyms for peptide
ˈpɛp taɪdpep·tide

Princeton's WordNet

1. peptidenoun

   amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein

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1. List of paraphrases for "peptide":

   peptides

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1. Joshy Jacob:

   We have identified a potentially new treatment for H1N1 human influenza virus, which is a peptide that comes from the skin of a frog from southern India.

2. Louise Rollins-Smith:

   The peptide described in the Immunity report is somewhat unusual because of the apparent specificity, if further studies show that it has a low level of cytotoxicity and it can protect in other animal models of influenza, it could be developed as a potential treatment for influenza.

3. Joshy Jacob:

   The frog makes this peptide for its own survival. It never gets influenza.

4. Joshy Jacob:

   This peptide works by directly killing the virus, and it is specific for all influenza viruses that have a H1 type of hemagglutinin.

5. Mansoor Husain:

   This is the first orally-available GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonist and that's a pretty big deal, just being able to take a pill every day makes it much more accessible.