Alarmone
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alarmone is a noun meaning (biochemistry) An intracellular signal molecule produced due to harsh environmental factors, and serving to regulate the gene expression at transcription level.
Meaning
(biochemistry) An intracellular signal molecule produced due to harsh environmental factors, and serving to regulate the gene expression at transcription level.
Word Forms
- alarmones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alarmin, activator, apoinducer, bio-code, autoregulator, signal.
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