polyglutamine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder.
noun
  1. A polymer of glutamine

Word forms

polyglutamine polyglutamines

Etymology

From poly- + glutamine.

Derived words

polyglutamine disease polyglutamine tract
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