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PROKARYOTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei
Synonyms:
procaryotic; prokaryotic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
eukaryotic (having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei)
Pertainym:
prokaryote (a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma)
Derivation:
prokaryote (a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma)
Context examples:
A point mutation involving the substitution of Thymidine (a pyrimidine base) for Guanosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.
(Guanosine to Thymidine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)
A point mutation involving the substitution of Cytosine (a pyrimidine base) for Guanosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.
(Guanosine to Cytosine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)
A point mutation involving the substitution of Cytosine (a pyrimidine base) for Adenosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.
(Adenosine to Cytosine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)
A point mutation involving the substitution of Guanosine (a purine base) for Adenosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.
(Adenosine to Guanosine Transition Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)
Point mutations at various locations in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms in which a nucleotide substitution, deletion or insertion has occurred at each affected site.
(Mixed Nucleotide Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)
Unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that reproduce by cell division and usually have cell walls; can be shaped like spheres, rods or spirals and can be found in virtually any environment.
(Bacteria, NCI Thesaurus)
Basal Transcription Factors are prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins that cooperate with DNA-dependent RNA polymerases to initiate, inhibit or terminate transcription.
(Basal Transcription Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
Emetine inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotic (but not prokaryotic) cells by irreversibly blocking ribosome movement along the mRNA strand and inhibits DNA replication in the early S phase of the cell cycle.
(Emetine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A short DNA sequence found in prokaryotic and some eukaryotic genomes that encodes proteins involved in DNA transposition and is usually flanked by inverted repeats.
(DNA Insertion Elements, NCI Thesaurus)
Cell Wall Alteration involves a change in the existing structure or function of the rigid protective structure outside of, and joined to, the plasma membrane of plant cells and most prokaryotic cells that maintains cell shape.
(Cell Wall Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)
