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intercistronic

intercistronic adjective: between cistrons.

Adjective

intercistronic (not comparable)

  1. Between cistrons
    • For example, the proteins OTP70 and PpPPR_43 are involved in intron splicing and CRR2 is involved in intercistronic RNA cleavage in plant organelles [23 –25 ].2015 October 16, “The DYW Subgroup PPR Protein MEF35 Targets RNA Editing Sites in the Mitochondrial rpl16, nad4 and cob mRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of intercistronic

From inter- + cistronic.

Questions about intercistronic

What does intercistronic mean?
Intercistronic means between cistrons.
What part of speech is intercistronic?
Intercistronic is an adjective.

Words near intercistronic in the dictionary

  1. intercirculation
  2. intercirculations
  3. intercision
  4. intercisions
  5. intercisternal
  6. intercistronic
  7. intercistronically
  8. intercities
  9. intercitizenship
  10. intercity
  11. intercivic

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