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nucleotidylexotransferase

nucleotidylexotransferase noun: a specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.

Noun

nucleotidylexotransferase (usually uncountable, plural nucleotidylexotransferases)

  1. (usually) A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.

Forms of nucleotidylexotransferase

pluralnucleotidylexotransferases

Origin of nucleotidylexotransferase

From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

Questions about nucleotidylexotransferase

What does nucleotidylexotransferase mean?
Nucleotidylexotransferase means a specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.
What part of speech is nucleotidylexotransferase?
Nucleotidylexotransferase is a noun.
What is the plural of nucleotidylexotransferase?
The plural of nucleotidylexotransferase is nucleotidylexotransferases.

Words near nucleotidylexotransferase in the dictionary

  1. nucleotides
  2. nucleotidic
  3. nucleotidyl
  4. nucleotidylation
  5. nucleotidylations
  6. nucleotidylexotransferase
  7. nucleotidylexotransferases
  8. nucleotidyls
  9. nucleotidyltransferase
  10. nucleotidyltransferases
  11. nucleotomies

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