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ectonucleosides

ectonucleosides is the plural of ectonucleoside.

Meaning of ectonucleoside

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

Questions about ectonucleosides

What is ectonucleosides the plural of?
Ectonucleosides is the plural of ectonucleoside.

Words near ectonucleosides in the dictionary

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

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