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Meaning of deltasatellite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A small non-coding DNA satellite about 700 nt long, associated with helper begomoviruses.

Examples

“The purple and green parts of deltasatellite SCR represent the predicted conserved stem-loop and secondary stem-loop structures, respectively.”
“Deltasatellites do not encode any gene in their genomes. However, they share some common features.”
“Several types of DNA satellites have been described to be associated with begomoviruses: betasatellites, alphasatellites, and deltasatellites.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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