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transactivate

transactivate verb: to make a host cell replicate the genetic components of a virus.

Verb

transactivate (third-person singular simple present transactivates, present participle transactivating, simple past and past participle transactivated)

  1. To make a host cell replicate the genetic components of a virus

Forms of transactivate

third-person singular presenttransactivates
present participletransactivating
past participletransactivated
pasttransactivated

Origin of transactivate

From trans- + activate.

Questions about transactivate

What does transactivate mean?
Transactivate means to make a host cell replicate the genetic components of a virus.
What part of speech is transactivate?
Transactivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of transactivate?
The past tense of transactivate is transactivated.

Words near transactivate in the dictionary

  1. transactionary
  2. transactioneer
  3. transactioneers
  4. transactionless
  5. transactions
  6. transactivate
  7. transactivated
  8. transactivates
  9. transactivating
  10. transactivation
  11. transactivational

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