polyadenylate

English

Etymology

polyadenylic +‎ -ate

Noun

polyadenylate (plural polyadenylates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of polyadenylic acid

Verb

polyadenylate (third-person singular simple present polyadenylates, present participle polyadenylating, simple past and past participle polyadenylated)

1. To form the polyadenylate salt or ester of something (especially of a nucleic acid)