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EUKARYOTIC

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei

Synonyms:

eucaryotic; eukaryotic

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

prokaryotic (having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei)

Pertainym:

eukaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)

Derivation:

eukaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)

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A phosphoinositide present in all eukaryotic cells, particularly in the plasma membrane.

(Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), the precursor of all phosphoinositides (PI), constitutes less than 10% of the total lipid in eukaryotic cell membranes.

(Phosphoinositide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A gene that encodes nucleosome assembly proteins, which are involved in the formation of the complex between histones and DNA in eukaryotic cells.

(Nucleosome Assembly Protein Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The DNA that is normally located in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.

(Nuclear DNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Point mutations at various locations in a DNA sequence from either a eukaryotic or prokaryotic organism that causes a base change which results in an amino acid change in the protein product.

(Multiple Nucleotide Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)

Multiple point mutations in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms in which each mutation occurs by substitution of a purine base for a pyrimidine base or vice versa.

(Multiple Transversion Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)

Canarypox viral vector is designed to carry a gene of interest into a eukaryotic cell where the gene of interest can be expressed subsequently.

(Canarypox Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

TCD-717 targets and binds to CHKA, an enzyme that plays a key role in the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine, the major phospholipid in eukaryotic cell membranes.

(Choline Kinase Alpha Inhibitor TCD-717, NCI Thesaurus)

The toxin moiety induces caspase-mediated apoptosis of tumor cells via a mechanism involving mitochondrial damage; it also blocks translational elongation via binding to elongation factor-2 in eukaryotic cells.

(BL22 immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

A point mutation involving the substitution of Thymidine (a pyrimidine base) for Adenosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Adenosine to Thymidine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)