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cI protein

cI protein noun: a repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.

Noun

cI protein (plural cI proteins)

  1. A repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.

Forms of cI protein

pluralcI proteins

Questions about cI protein

What does cI protein mean?
CI protein means a repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.
What part of speech is cI protein?
CI protein is a noun.
What is the plural of cI protein?
The plural of cI protein is cI proteins.

Words near cI protein in the dictionary

  1. Chūō-ku
  2. Chʻien-tʻang
  3. Chʼortiʼ
  4. Ch’eng-pei
  5. ci
  6. cI protein
  7. cI proteins
  8. ci-devant
  9. CI/CD
  10. cia
  11. Cia-Cia

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