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ministring

ministring noun: a small string. Also the present participle and gerund of ministre.

Noun

ministring (plural ministrings)

  1. A small string.
  2. A short linear covalently-closed DNA vector.
    • One hour prior to transfection, the culture medium was replaced with serum-free RPMI medium. 0.4 μg of DNA (pNN9 or DNA ministring), diluted in 50 μl of serum-free OptiMEM culture medium, was mixed with different aliquots of 1.5 mM 16-3-16 gemini surfactant solution to yield N + /P − charge ratios...2015 November 13, “Physical Characterization of Gemini Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vectors for the Delivery of Linear Covalently Closed (LCC) DNA Ministrings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Also used as

ministring is also the present participle and gerund of ministre.

Forms of ministring

pluralministrings

Origin of ministring

From mini- + string.

Questions about ministring

What does ministring mean?
Ministring means a small string.
What part of speech is ministring?
Ministring is a noun.
What is the plural of ministring?
The plural of ministring is ministrings.

Words near ministring in the dictionary

  1. ministred
  2. ministres
  3. ministress
  4. ministresses
  5. ministries
  6. ministring
  7. ministrings
  8. ministrix
  9. ministroke
  10. ministrokes
  11. ministry

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