thermoswitch

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noun

A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.

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Meanings

nounthermoswitch (plural thermoswitches)

plural thermoswitches

  1. biochemistryA form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.

    This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements.

    2016, Juan Antonio Garcia-Martin, Ivan Dotu, Javier Fernandez-Chamorro, Gloria Lozano, Jorge Ramajo, Encarnacion Martinez-Salas, Peter Clote, “RNAiFold2T: Constraint Programming design of thermo-IRES switches”, in arXiv

Origin

From thermo- + switch.

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Translations

Italian termointerruttore
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APA

thermoswitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoswitch

MLA

“thermoswitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoswitch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermoswitch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoswitch.

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