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prophagic

prophagic adjective: of or pertaining to a prophage.

Adjective

prophagic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a prophage.
    • GI and map position of pghP-like genes, GI of genomes or contigs and their size, number of prophagic regions identified within, and co-localization results are given in the worksheet “Table of PghP and PgsB” contained in the S1 Table .2015 July 10, “γ-PGA Hydrolases of Phage Origin in Bacillus subtilis and Other Microbial Genomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prophagic

From prophage + -ic.

Questions about prophagic

What does prophagic mean?
Prophagic means of or pertaining to a prophage.
What part of speech is prophagic?
Prophagic is an adjective.

Words near prophagic in the dictionary

  1. propfans
  2. prophaethontid
  3. prophaethontids
  4. prophage
  5. prophages
  6. prophagic
  7. prophagocytic
  8. prophalangopsid
  9. prophalangopsids
  10. prophalloin
  11. propham

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