"ADAR" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ADARs [plural]
Etymology: Derived from the initial letters of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ADAR (countable and uncountable, plural ADARs)
  1. The enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination. Wikipedia link: ADAR Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ADA
    Sense id: en-ADAR-en-noun--7pCs2g3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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