Using appropriate nomenclature

The paper by ~,kerstr~m and L0gdberg I entitled 'An intriguing member of the lipocalin protein family:. 0trmicroglobulin' raises an interesting question of nomenclature. The term 'lipocalin' was first coined in 1987 from the Greek words ~,moo or 'lipos', meaning fat, and K0~¥~ or calyx, meaning cup 2. It describes the group of small proteins that includes 0tl-microglobulin, ~-lactogl~bulin and plasma retinol-binding protein, which can bind small hydrophobic molecules within their central conical barrel or calyx 3. The latter part of the word, 'calin', looks as if it comes from the obscure Greek word ~a~tvoa or 'kalinos', meaning wooden 4,