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thymidylic

thymidylic adjective: of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.

Adjective

thymidylic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.
    • Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid.1965, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 1251
    • In practice synchronization of the cultures is attained by blocking the synthesis of thymidylic nucleotides with amethopterin or 5 liuoro-deoxyuridine, by interfering with the synthesis of deoxyguanosine nucleotides with high levels of thymidine or by blocking DNA syntehesis with hydroxyurea.1971, Renato Baserga, The Cell cycle and cancer, page 280

Origin of thymidylic

From thymidyl + -ic.

Words formed from thymidylic

Phrases with thymidylic

Questions about thymidylic

What does thymidylic mean?
Thymidylic means of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.
What part of speech is thymidylic?
Thymidylic is an adjective.

Words near thymidylic in the dictionary

  1. thymidines
  2. thymidyl
  3. thymidylate
  4. thymidylated
  5. thymidylates
  6. thymidylic
  7. thymidylic acid
  8. thymidylyl
  9. thymidylyltransferase
  10. thymidylyltransferases
  11. thymier

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