Biologically Active Substance
human nociceptin
hu·man nociceptin
Definitions related to nociceptin, human:
  • (nociceptin) An opioid peptide that acts as an endogenous agonist of the opioid receptor-like receptor.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (nociceptin) Nociceptin (17 aa, ~2 kDa) is encoded by the human PNOC gene. This protein plays a role in the perception of pain.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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