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thermoswitch

thermoswitch noun: a form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.

Noun

thermoswitch (plural thermoswitches)

  1. A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
    • This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements.2016, Juan Antonio Garcia-Martin, Ivan Dotu, Javier Fernandez-Chamorro, Gloria Lozano, Jorge Ramajo, Encarnacion Martinez-Salas, Peter Clote, “RNAiFold2T: Constraint Programming design of thermo-IRES...

Forms of thermoswitch

pluralthermoswitches

Origin of thermoswitch

From thermo- + switch.

Questions about thermoswitch

What does thermoswitch mean?
Thermoswitch means a form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
What part of speech is thermoswitch?
Thermoswitch is a noun.
What is the plural of thermoswitch?
The plural of thermoswitch is thermoswitches.

Words near thermoswitch in the dictionary

  1. thermostimulation
  2. thermostirrer
  3. thermostirrers
  4. thermostress
  5. thermostresses
  6. thermoswitch
  7. thermoswitches
  8. thermosynthesis
  9. thermosynthetic
  10. thermosyphon
  11. thermosyphons

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