phycoerythrin
noun
phy·co·er·y·thrin
ˌfī-kō-ˈer-i-thrən 
: any of the red protein pigments in the cells of red algae
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Some of these sharks were then immunized, meaning they were exposed to foreign proteins like phycoerythrin (a fluorescent protein often used in lab studies) or the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to simulate an infection.
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phycoerythrin
noun
phy·co·er·y·thrin
-ˈer-i-thrən
: any of the red protein pigments in the cells of red algae
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