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proacrosomal

proacrosomal adjective: that develops into an acrosomal granule, vesicle etc.

Adjective

proacrosomal (not comparable)

  1. That develops into an acrosomal granule, vesicle etc
    • Acrosome biogenesis covers the transport and fusion of Golgi-derived proacrosomal vesicles to form an acrosome sac which is tightly bound to the nuclear envelope.2015 August 28, “Expression of Flotilin-2 and Acrosome Biogenesis Are Regulated by MiR-124 during Spermatogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of proacrosomal

From pro- + acrosomal.

Questions about proacrosomal

What does proacrosomal mean?
Proacrosomal means that develops into an acrosomal granule, vesicle etc.
What part of speech is proacrosomal?
Proacrosomal is an adjective.

Words near proacrosomal in the dictionary

  1. proacaricide
  2. proacaricides
  3. proaccelerin
  4. proacinar
  5. proacrosin
  6. proacrosomal
  7. proacrosome
  8. proacrosomes
  9. proacrosomic
  10. proact
  11. proacted

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