chimerization

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noun

The formation of a chimeric gene

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Meanings

nounchimerization (countable and uncountable, plural chimerizations)

plural chimerizations

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe formation of a chimeric gene

    Since EpCAM RNA aptamer was shown to get internalized by endocytosis, it would be capable of delivering siRNA into the cell upon chimerization.

    2015 July 16, “EpCAM Aptamer-siRNA Chimera Targets and Regress Epithelial Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From chimera + -ization.

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Chicago

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