oligosomal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oligosome +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

oligosomal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or being an oligosome.
    • 2015 August 20, Thangjam Davis Singh et al., “Anticancer properties and enhancement of therapeutic potential of cisplatin by leaf extract of Zanthoxylum armatum DC.”, in Biological Research[1], volume 48, →DOI:
      The end stages of apoptosis are often characterized by the appearance of membrane blebbing, the appearance of highly condensed chromatin and activation of an endonucleolytic process, that leads to the cleavage of chromosomal DNA into oligosomal DNA that can be observed as a distinct laddering pattern on an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel.