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English
Etymology
From sigma + -like.
Adjective
sigmalike (not comparable)
- (cytology, molecular biology) Characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.
1921, W.C. George and and H.V. Wilson, “Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity”, in Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, volume 36, page 150:This is at least defensible, for the twisting of the chela is in itself a structural feature that is sigmalike; that is, the twisted chela is intermediate, in respect to the shape of the spicular axis, between the sigma and the normal chela, although in other respects it is a perfectly differentiated chela.
1976, E.W. Caspari (editor), Advances in Genetics, Volume 18, page 36:They predicted that there should be other sigmalike factors that would select other classes of promoters in response to the cell's needs.
2013, Harry Harris (editor), Advances in Human Genetics, page 291:agents which stimulate transcription suggest that sigmalike factors also exist for the eukaryotic polymerases.