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phosphodeficient

phosphodeficient adjective: having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites.

Adjective

phosphodeficient (comparative more phosphodeficient, superlative most phosphodeficient)

  1. Having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites
    • Analyses of double phosphodeficient mutants (Table 1 ) proved that the availability of even one out of three phosphorylation sites is sufficient for the feedback monomerization to occur.2015 October 15, “Inhibition of Receptor Dimerization as a Novel Negative Feedback Mechanism of EGFR Signaling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phosphodeficient

comparativemore phosphodeficient
superlativemost phosphodeficient

Origin of phosphodeficient

From phospho- + deficient.

Words that rhyme with phosphodeficient

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Questions about phosphodeficient

What does phosphodeficient mean?
Phosphodeficient means having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites.
What part of speech is phosphodeficient?
Phosphodeficient is an adjective.

Words near phosphodeficient in the dictionary

  1. phosphocreatines
  2. phosphocytometric
  3. phosphocytometry
  4. phosphodefective
  5. phosphodeficiency
  6. phosphodeficient
  7. phosphodegron
  8. phosphodegrons
  9. phosphodehydrogenase
  10. phosphodehydrogenases
  11. phosphodeoxyribomutase

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