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retrozyme

retrozyme noun: a family of retrotransposons, containing a hammerhead ribozyme in their sequences, and no coding regions.

Noun

retrozyme (plural retrozymes)

  1. a family of retrotransposons, containing a hammerhead ribozyme in their sequences, and no coding regions.

Forms of retrozyme

pluralretrozymes

Questions about retrozyme

What does retrozyme mean?
Retrozyme means a family of retrotransposons, containing a hammerhead ribozyme in their sequences, and no coding regions.
What part of speech is retrozyme?
Retrozyme is a noun.
What is the plural of retrozyme?
The plural of retrozyme is retrozymes.

Words near retrozyme in the dictionary

  1. retrowares
  2. retrowave
  3. retroxiphoid
  4. retrozonular
  5. retrozygomatic
  6. retrozyme
  7. retrozymes
  8. retrude
  9. retruded
  10. retruding
  11. retrue

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