thymidylic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivethymidylic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.

    Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid.

    1965, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 1251
    2 more examples

    In practice synchronization of the cultures is attained by blocking the synthesis of thymidylic nucleotides with amethopterin or 5 liuoro-deoxyuridine, by interfering with the synthesis of deoxyguanosine nucleotides with high levels of thymidine or by blocking DNA syntehesis with hydroxyurea.

    1971, Renato Baserga, The Cell cycle and cancer, page 280

    This difference between the enzymes can be explained by two factors: either that for the "sliding" synthesis of poly(A) they require thymidylic sequences of different lengths […]

    1978, Soviet Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, volume 4, page 179

Origin

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