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sigmalike

sigmalike adjective: characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.

Adjective

sigmalike (not comparable)

  1. (molecular biology) Characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.
    • This is at least defensible, for the twisting of the chela is in itself a structural feature that is sigmalike; that is, the twisted chela is intermediate, in respect to the shape of the spicular axis, between the sigma and the normal chela, although in other respects it is a perfectly...1921, W.C. George and H.V. Wilson, “Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity”, in Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, volume 36, page 150
    • They predicted that there should be other sigmalike factors that would select other classes of promoters in response to the cell's needs.1976, E.W. Caspari (editor), Advances in Genetics, Volume 18, page 36

Origin of sigmalike

From sigma + -like.

Questions about sigmalike

What does sigmalike mean?
Sigmalike means characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.
What part of speech is sigmalike?
Sigmalike is an adjective.

Words near sigmalike in the dictionary

  1. sigma male
  2. sigma males
  3. sigma-algebra
  4. sigma-delta converter
  5. sigma-delta converters
  6. sigmalike
  7. Sigman
  8. Sigmans
  9. sigmas
  10. sigmaspire
  11. sigmaspires

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