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transformasome

transformasome noun: a structure, on the surface of some bacteria, responsible for the uptake of extracellular DNA and its subsequent transformation/integration into the bacterial genome.

Noun

transformasome (plural transformasomes)

  1. A structure, on the surface of some bacteria, responsible for the uptake of extracellular DNA and its subsequent transformation/integration into the bacterial genome

Forms of transformasome

pluraltransformasomes

Questions about transformasome

What does transformasome mean?
Transformasome means a structure, on the surface of some bacteria, responsible for the uptake of extracellular DNA and its subsequent transformation/integration into the bacterial genome.
What part of speech is transformasome?
Transformasome is a noun.
What is the plural of transformasome?
The plural of transformasome is transformasomes.

Words near transformasome in the dictionary

  1. transformally
  2. transformance
  3. transformances
  4. transformant
  5. transformants
  6. transformasome
  7. transformasomes
  8. transformating
  9. transformation
  10. transformation matrices
  11. transformation matrix

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