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bicistronic

bicistronic adjective: having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein.

Adjective

bicistronic (not comparable)

  1. Having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein
    • bicistronic transcription

Origin of bicistronic

From bi- + cistron + -ic.

Words formed from bicistronic

Questions about bicistronic

What does bicistronic mean?
Bicistronic means having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein.
What part of speech is bicistronic?
Bicistronic is an adjective.

Words near bicistronic in the dictionary

  1. bicipitoradial
  2. bicipitous
  3. bicircular
  4. biciromab
  5. bicistron
  6. bicistronic
  7. bicistronically
  8. bicistronicity
  9. bicistrons
  10. bicitaxi
  11. bicitaxis

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