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ectonucleoside

ectonucleoside noun: any nucleoside that is found outside of a cell.

Noun

ectonucleoside (plural ectonucleosides)

  1. Any nucleoside that is found outside of a cell
    • A recent study reported that the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 5 stimulates ATP consumption and favors aerobic glycolysis, thereby promoting cancer cell survival [30 ].2015 August 19, “High Inorganic Phosphate Intake Promotes Tumorigenesis at Early Stages in a Mouse Model of Lung Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ectonucleoside

pluralectonucleosides

Origin of ectonucleoside

From ecto- + nucleoside.

Questions about ectonucleoside

What does ectonucleoside mean?
Ectonucleoside means any nucleoside that is found outside of a cell.
What part of speech is ectonucleoside?
Ectonucleoside is a noun.
What is the plural of ectonucleoside?
The plural of ectonucleoside is ectonucleosides.

Words near ectonucleoside in the dictionary

  1. ectoneural
  2. Ectons
  3. ectonuclease
  4. ectonucleosidase
  5. ectonucleosidases
  6. ectonucleoside
  7. ectonucleosides
  8. ectonucleotidase
  9. ectonucleotidases
  10. ectonucleotide
  11. ectonucleotides

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