hammerhead ribozyme

noun

Any of a class of self-cleaving RNAs found in some viroids.

Meanings

nounhammerhead ribozyme (plural hammerhead ribozymes)

plural hammerhead ribozymes

  1. biologyAny of a class of self-cleaving RNAs found in some viroids.
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