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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

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