"polyadenylate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polyadenylates [plural]
Etymology: From polyadenylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|polyadenylic acid|-ate|id2=chemical|t2=salt or ester}} polyadenylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} polyadenylate (plural polyadenylates)
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of polyadenylic acid. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-polyadenylate-en-noun-hogkdk~T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (chemical), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: polyadenylates [present, singular, third-person], polyadenylating [participle, present], polyadenylated [participle, past], polyadenylated [past]
Etymology: From the above noun, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} polyadenylate (third-person singular simple present polyadenylates, present participle polyadenylating, simple past and past participle polyadenylated)
  1. To form the polyadenylate salt or ester of something (especially of a nucleic acid).
    Sense id: en-polyadenylate-en-verb-7O0sjOh6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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