ADAR
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English
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Etymology
Derived from the initial letters of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA.
Pronunciation
Noun
ADAR (countable and uncountable, plural ADARs)
- The enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.