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transposonic

transposonic adjective: relating to or composed of transposons.

Adjective

transposonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or composed of transposons.
    • In another study [ 142 ], increased methylation at the maternally IGF2 imprinted gene and decreased methylation at the maternally imprinted gene PEG3 and at the repetitive transposonic sequence LINE-1 were associated with folic acid supplementation after the 12th week of gestation but not during...2015 August 3, Francesca Pacchierotti, Marcello Spanò, “Environmental Impact on DNA Methylation in the Germline: State of the Art and Gaps of Knowledge”, in BioMed Research International, volume...

Origin of transposonic

From transposon + -ic.

Questions about transposonic

What does transposonic mean?
Transposonic means relating to or composed of transposons.
What part of speech is transposonic?
Transposonic is an adjective.

Words near transposonic in the dictionary

  1. transposomics
  2. transposon
  3. transposon mutagenesis
  4. transposon tagging
  5. transposonal
  6. transposonic
  7. transposons
  8. transpososome
  9. transpososomes
  10. transprejudice
  11. transpression

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