polyglutamine

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ glutamine.

Adjective

polyglutamine (not comparable)

  1. Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder.

Derived terms

  • polyglutamine disease
  • polyglutamine tract

Noun

polyglutamine (plural polyglutamines)

  1. A polymer of glutamine
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