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ribogenesis

ribogenesis noun: the biogenesis of RNA.

Noun

ribogenesis

  1. The biogenesis of RNA
    • Dear Editor, Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is a nucleolar protein implicated in ribogenesis, centrosome duplication and stress response. 1 NPM1 is mutated in ~30% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. 2 Heterozygous mutations involve few base duplications or insertions in the gene's last exon.2014 September 25, A De Cola et al., “AML cells carrying NPM1 mutation are resistant to nucleophosmin displacement from nucleoli caused by the G-quadruplex ligand TmPyP4”, in Cell Death & Disease...

Origin of ribogenesis

From ribo- + -genesis, from ribonucleic acid.

Questions about ribogenesis

What does ribogenesis mean?
Ribogenesis means the biogenesis of RNA.
What part of speech is ribogenesis?
Ribogenesis is a noun.

Words near ribogenesis in the dictionary

  1. ribofuranoses
  2. ribofuranoside
  3. ribofuranosides
  4. ribofuranosyl
  5. ribofuranosyls
  6. ribogenesis
  7. ribogroup
  8. ribogroups
  9. riboguanidine
  10. riboguanine
  11. riboguanines

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