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hypertranscriptional

hypertranscriptional adjective: relating to hypertranscription.

Adjective

hypertranscriptional (not comparable)

  1. Relating to hypertranscription.
    • This has been attributed to the hypertranscriptional state of the meiotic and post-meiotic spermatogenic cells, which facilitates transcription of otherwise silenced genes, such as those derived from retroposition or other means of gene duplication.2015 August 27, “Evolution of Vertebrate Adam Genes; Duplication of Testicular Adams from Ancient Adam9/9-like Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypertranscriptional

From hyper- + transcriptional.

Questions about hypertranscriptional

What does hypertranscriptional mean?
Hypertranscriptional means relating to hypertranscription.
What part of speech is hypertranscriptional?
Hypertranscriptional is an adjective.

Words near hypertranscriptional in the dictionary

  1. hypertranscendent
  2. hypertranscribe
  3. hypertranscribed
  4. hypertranscribing
  5. hypertranscription
  6. hypertranscriptional
  7. hypertransfuse
  8. hypertransfused
  9. hypertransfuses
  10. hypertransfusing
  11. hypertransfusion

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