antiterminator

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noun

Any enzyme that promotes antitermination

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Meanings

nounantiterminator (plural antiterminators)

plural antiterminators

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that promotes antitermination

    Our results demonstrated up-regulation of tagatose pathway genes, Leloir pathway genes, lactose-specific IIA & IIBC component encoding genes (lacF2and lacE2), and the lacT gene, encoding a transcriptional antiterminator.

    2015 October 3, “The Small Molecule DAM Inhibitor, Pyrimidinedione, Disrupts Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Growth In Vitro”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From anti- + terminator.

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antiterminator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiterminator

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Chicago

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