English Explanatory Dictionary

nucleotidylexotransferase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.

Word forms

nucleotidylexotransferase nucleotidylexotransferases

Etymology

From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

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