Full definition of sigmalike
Adjective
- (cytology, molecular biology) Characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.
- 1921, W.C. George and and H.V. Wilson, Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity
- 1976, E.W. Caspari (editor), Advances in Genetics, Volume 18, They predicted that there should be other sigmalike factors that would select other classes of promoters in response to the cell's needs.
- 2013, Harry Harris (editor), Advances in Human Genetics, agents which stimulate transcription suggest that sigmalike factors also exist for the eukaryotic polymerases.
