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deltasatellite

deltasatellite noun: a small non-coding DNA satellite about 700 nt long, associated with helper begomoviruses.

Noun

deltasatellite (plural deltasatellites)

  1. A small non-coding DNA satellite about 700 nt long, associated with helper begomoviruses.
    • The purple and green parts of deltasatellite SCR represent the predicted conserved stem-loop and secondary stem-loop structures, respectively.2019, R. Vinoth Kumar, Geminiviruses: Impact, Challenges and Approaches, page 149
    • Deltasatellites do not encode any gene in their genomes. However, they share some common features.2021, Encyclopedia of Virology, page 246

Forms of deltasatellite

pluraldeltasatellites

Questions about deltasatellite

What does deltasatellite mean?
Deltasatellite means a small non-coding DNA satellite about 700 nt long, associated with helper begomoviruses.
What part of speech is deltasatellite?
Deltasatellite is a noun.
What is the plural of deltasatellite?
The plural of deltasatellite is deltasatellites.

Words near deltasatellite in the dictionary

  1. deltaproteobacterium
  2. deltaretroviral
  3. deltaretrovirus
  4. deltaretroviruses
  5. deltas
  6. deltasatellite
  7. deltasatellites
  8. deltate
  9. deltates
  10. deltatheroidan
  11. deltatheroidans

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