polyadenylate

polyadenylate
poly·ade·nyl·ate .päl-ē-.ad-ən-'il-.āt, -ə-'den-ə-.lāt n POLY(A)
polyadenylate vt, -at·ed; -at·ing to add one or more segments of poly(A) to <some mechanism must exist in the cytoplasm for polyadenylating messenger RNA (Benjamin Lewin)>
poly·aden·y·la·tion -ə-.den-ə-'lā-shən n

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poly·aden·y·late (pol″e-ə-denґə-lāt) the salt, ester, or anionic form of polyadenylic acid. Abbreviated poly A.

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