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polyadenylic acid

polyadenylic acid noun: a polymer of adenylic acid attached to mRNA before transportation to the cytoplasm.

Noun

polyadenylic acid (uncountable)

  1. A polymer of adenylic acid attached to mRNA before transportation to the cytoplasm.

Origin of polyadenylic acid

From poly- + adenylic acid.

Words formed from polyadenylic acid

Questions about polyadenylic acid

What does polyadenylic acid mean?
Polyadenylic acid means a polymer of adenylic acid attached to mRNA before transportation to the cytoplasm.
What part of speech is polyadenylic acid?
Polyadenylic acid is a noun.

Words near polyadenylic acid in the dictionary

  1. polyadenylates
  2. polyadenylating
  3. polyadenylation
  4. polyadenylations
  5. polyadenylic
  6. polyadenylic acid
  7. polyadenylribosylpolymerase
  8. polyadenylylation
  9. polyadic
  10. polyads
  11. polyaemia

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