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transactivating

transactivating is the present participle and gerund of transactivate.

Meaning of transactivate

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

Adjective

transactivating (not comparable)

  1. That stimulates a host cell by transactivation

Questions about transactivating

What does transactivating mean?
Transactivating means that stimulates a host cell by transactivation.
What is transactivating the present participle and gerund of?
Transactivating is the present participle and gerund of transactivate.
What part of speech is transactivating?
Transactivating is an adjective.

Words near transactivating in the dictionary

  1. transactionless
  2. transactions
  3. transactivate
  4. transactivated
  5. transactivates
  6. transactivating
  7. transactivation
  8. transactivational
  9. transactivations
  10. transactivator
  11. transactivators

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