nopaline
/ˈnəʊp(ə)liːn/Biochemistry
noun
An opine, C11H20N4O4, synthesized by plant cells which are infected by tumour-inducing plasmids found in a strain of the crown gall bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Plant Physiology. From French nopaline from nopal + -ine.
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