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antiterminate

antiterminate verb: to override the termination of DNA transcription.

Verb

antiterminate (third-person singular simple present antiterminates, present participle antiterminating, simple past and past participle antiterminated)

  1. To override the termination of DNA transcription.

Forms of antiterminate

third-person singular presentantiterminates
present participleantiterminating
past participleantiterminated
pastantiterminated

Origin of antiterminate

From anti- + terminate.

Questions about antiterminate

What does antiterminate mean?
Antiterminate means to override the termination of DNA transcription.
What part of speech is antiterminate?
Antiterminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of antiterminate?
The past tense of antiterminate is antiterminated.

Words near antiterminate in the dictionary

  1. antitemporal
  2. antitennis
  3. antitension
  4. antiteratogenesis
  5. antiteratogenic
  6. antiterminate
  7. antiterminated
  8. antiterminates
  9. antiterminating
  10. antitermination
  11. antiterminator

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