dispensible

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A form of dispensable — Able to be done without; easily replaced.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivedispensible (comparative more dispensible, superlative most dispensible)

comparative more dispensible · superlative most dispensible

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dispensable.

    Another striking epigenetic aspect of Xist function is that the Xist locus is dispensible for maintenance of the inactive state (25, 26 ).

    2001 August 10, Yongkyu Park, Mitzi I. Kuroda, “Epigenetic Aspects of X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation”, in Science, volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1083–1085
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    The region of IKK- containing the leucine zipper-like motif was required both for homodimerization of IKK- and for formation of heterodimers with IKK-, whereas the putative helix-loop-helix region was dispensible.

    2026 October 31, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 278, number 5339, →DOI, pages 866–870

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