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polycistronic

polycistronic adjective: encoding multiple different polypeptides.

Adjective

polycistronic (comparative more polycistronic, superlative most polycistronic)

  1. Encoding multiple different polypeptides.

Forms of polycistronic

comparativemore polycistronic
superlativemost polycistronic

Origin of polycistronic

From poly- + cistronic.

Words formed from polycistronic

Questions about polycistronic

What does polycistronic mean?
Polycistronic means encoding multiple different polypeptides.
What part of speech is polycistronic?
Polycistronic is an adjective.

Words near polycistronic in the dictionary

  1. polychronous
  2. polychrotid
  3. polychrotids
  4. polyciliate
  5. polycistron
  6. polycistronic
  7. polycistronically
  8. polycistronism
  9. polycistrons
  10. polyclad
  11. polycladose

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