English Explanatory Dictionary

toll gene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of genes that encode members of the toll-like receptor class of proteins, involved in the immune system.

Word forms

toll gene toll genes

Etymology

From German toll (“great, amazing”), as exclaimed by one of the researchers who studied these genes.

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