HOMEOBOX

Meaning of HOMEOBOX in English

Pronunciation: ' h ō -m ē - ə - ˌ bäks

Function: noun

Date: 1984

: a short usually highly conserved DNA sequence in various eukaryotic genes and especially homeotic genes that encodes a DNA-binding amino acid domain of some proteins

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

HOMEOBOX — noun Date: 1984 a short usually highly conserved DNA sequence in various eukaryotic genes and especially homeotic genes that encodes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMEOBOX — ˈhōmēəˌbäks, -mēō- noun Etymology: home- (herein) + box (II) : a short usually highly conserved DNA sequence in various genes …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMEOBOX — noun Date: 1984 : a short usually highly conserved DNA sequence in various eukaryotic genes and especially homeotic genes that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMEOBOX — [ ˌhɒmɪə(ʊ)'bɒks , ˌhəʊm- ] (also homoeobox ) ■ noun Genetics any of a group of closely similar gene sequences …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOMEOBOX — [ho.meo.box] n (1984): a short usu. highly conserved DNA sequence in various eukaryotic genes (as many homeotic genes) that codes …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOMEOBOX — A short stretch of nucleotides (DNA or RNA) with an almost identical base sequence in all genes that contain that …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HOMEOBOX — гомеобокс (специфическая последовательность ДНК)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HOMEOBOX — гомеобокс ( специфическая последовательность ДНК )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HOMEOBOX GENE — /hoh"mee euh boks'/ any of a group of genes whose function is to divide the early embryo into bands of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMEODOMAIN — ˈhōmēōdōˌmān noun Etymology: home- (herein) + domain : a domain in a protein that is encoded for by a homeobox, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOX GENE — /hoks/ any of a class of genes that determines the basic structure and orientation of an organism. [ 1993; Hox …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOEOBOX — ■ noun variant spelling of homeobox .
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOMEO- — [homeo-] or homoe- or homoeo- also homoio- comb form [L & Gk; L homoeo-, fr. Gk homoi-, homoio-, fr. homoios, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLUSTER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cluster bomb (= that sends out smaller bombs when it explodes ) a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ГОМЕОБОКС — (специфическая последовательность ДНК) homeobox
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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