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readenylation

readenylation noun: a second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.

Noun

readenylation (uncountable)

  1. A second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.
    • The processes of deadenylation and readenylation of the t-PA mRNA are controlled by nucleotide sequences found in the 3'untranslated region (UTR).1995, Pia Glas-Greenwalt, Fibrinolysis in Disease
    • It did not change during the cell cycle, indicating that these changes were dependent on the presence of CPE, and poly(A) tails were generally long, maintaining the long poly(A) tails acquired co-transcriptionally, and therefore indicating that CPEs are required for deadenylation of the mature...2015 September 24, “Global Analysis of CPEBs Reveals Sequential and Non-Redundant Functions in Mitotic Cell Cycle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of readenylation

From re- + adenylation.

Questions about readenylation

What does readenylation mean?
Readenylation means a second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.
What part of speech is readenylation?
Readenylation is a noun.

Words near readenylation in the dictionary

  1. Reade
  2. readed
  3. readee
  4. readees
  5. readen
  6. readenylation
  7. readept
  8. readepted
  9. readepting
  10. readeption
  11. readepts

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