• Thymidylic

    Origin

    en + -thymidyl + ic

    Full definition of thymidylic

    Adjective

    thymidylic

    1. Of or pertaining to thymidylic acid or thymidine.
      • 1965, Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid.
      • 1971, Renato Baserga, The Cell cycle and cancer, In practice synchronization of the cultures is attained by blocking the synthesis of thymidylic nucleotides with amethopterin or 5 liuoro-deoxyuridine, by interferring with the synthesis of deoxyguanosine nucleotides with high levels of thymidine or by blocking DNA syntehesis with hydroxyurea.
      • 1978, Soviet Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 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 ...
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