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mistranslocated

mistranslocated adjective: incorrectly moved to a wrong cellular compartment (applied to proteins or RNA).

Adjective

mistranslocated (not comparable)

  1. (molecular biology) Incorrectly moved to a wrong cellular compartment (applied to proteins or RNA).

Origin of mistranslocated

mis- + translocated

Questions about mistranslocated

What does mistranslocated mean?
Mistranslocated means incorrectly moved to a wrong cellular compartment (applied to proteins or RNA).
What part of speech is mistranslocated?
Mistranslocated is an adjective.

Words near mistranslocated in the dictionary

  1. mistransliterated
  2. mistransliterates
  3. mistransliterating
  4. mistransliteration
  5. mistransliterations
  6. mistranslocated
  7. mistransmit
  8. mistransmits
  9. mistransmitted
  10. mistransmitting
  11. mistransport

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