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dualtropic

dualtropic adjective: that can infect a cell by attaching to either of two coreceptors.

Adjective

dualtropic (not comparable)

  1. That can infect a cell by attaching to either of two coreceptors.
    • A dualtropic HIV strain uses both the CCR5 and the CXCR4 coreceptors.

Forms of dualtropic

alternative formdual-tropic

Questions about dualtropic

What does dualtropic mean?
Dualtropic means that can infect a cell by attaching to either of two coreceptors.
What part of speech is dualtropic?
Dualtropic is an adjective.

Words near dualtropic in the dictionary

  1. duallings
  2. dually
  3. duals
  4. dualski
  5. dualskis
  6. dualtropic
  7. dualy
  8. duan
  9. Duane
  10. Duane syndrome
  11. Duane's syndrome

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