Readenylation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Readenylation is a noun meaning A second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.
Meaning
A second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.
Example Sentences
The processes of deadenylation and readenylation of the t-PA mRNA are controlled by nucleotide sequences found in the 3'untranslated region (UTR).
It did not change during the cell cycle, indicating that these changes were dependent on the presence of CPE, and poly(A) tails were generally long, maintaining the long poly(A) tails acquired co-transcriptionally, and therefore indicating that CPEs are required for deadenylation of the mature transcript as well as for later readenylation at specific cell cycle phases.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include readhesion, renitrosylation, readaptation, reamination, reprotonation, reannotation.
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