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rescuant

rescuant noun: a rescued mutation, typically in a virus.

Noun

rescuant (plural rescuants)

  1. A rescued mutation, typically in a virus.
    • The mutation was also present in a rescuant virus and in two dl1403-derived viruses, D8 and FXE, but absent from the parental 17+, suggesting that the mutation was introduced during the construction of the dl1403 virus, and not as a result of passage in culture.2015 July 18, “Widely Used Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ICP0 Deletion Mutant Strain dl 1403 and Its Derivative Viruses Do Not Express Glycoprotein C Due to a Secondary Mutation in the gC Gene”, in PLOS...

Forms of rescuant

pluralrescuants

Questions about rescuant

What does rescuant mean?
Rescuant means a rescued mutation, typically in a virus.
What part of speech is rescuant?
Rescuant is a noun.
What is the plural of rescuant?
The plural of rescuant is rescuants.

Words near rescuant in the dictionary

  1. rescrubbed
  2. rescrubbing
  3. rescrubs
  4. rescrutiny
  5. rescuable
  6. rescuant
  7. rescuants
  8. rescue
  9. rescue board
  10. rescue boards
  11. rescue circle

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