Etymology

Adar

A1D2A1R1

Today it means: The enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination. Full definition →

Hebrew אֲדָר
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Adar · proper noun1

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromאֲדָר
  2. English todayAdar

From Hebrew אֲדָר (adár). Doublet of Addaru.

ADAR · noun2

Derived from the initial letters of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA.

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